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To: thames_sider who wrote (3320)	3/18/2002 8:08:27 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Colonisation is WRONG. End of story. I think it's great to entertain as many different ideas as there might be. Neo-colonialism IMO is suitable for discussion in the abstract, at least. A while back, as an academic exercise, I floated the notion of the US taking over Africa. No one was interested. I don't think there's any problem with discussing it as an option as long as we recognize that that's what we're talking about. I don't agree that it's inherently wrong. Dated and stupid, probably, but not inherently wrong. I'm prepared to entertain the notion that it's theoretically possible to encounter a scenario where colonialism might be in our best interest, right or wrong. Whether this and the obvious escalations would rule it out for the current administration... who knows. I can't believe I'm even seeing it here. There are a couple of themes that show up off and on that I find troubling. One is the imposition of this good and evil paradigm, which I have already beaten to death. The other is the risk assessment blind spot, which I have also beaten to death. Both of those themes showed up once again in yesterday's discussion. They just won't go away. I find the cavalier dismissal of the "obvious escalations" (faulty or nonexistent risk assessment) more troubling than entertaining the notion of colonialism. Given your heritage and given the recent discussions on the colonial aspects of your heritage, I can appreciate how you might find yesterday's discussion a little, er, odd. Karen