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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
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I do see some of your points Cheeta, and I think many American faults have been pointed out, but I don't always think they're relevant to some posts. Kind of like your point about saying the same thing over and over again. The fact that these points have completely over-shadowed the events of September 11th can be annoying. Many of these things may have led to the feelings that caused this attack on America, but what do we do about it now? Do we sit back and say "well we deserved it" or do we (to quote you again )"do the shit kickin' thang". I personally prefer the latter [img]smile.gif[/img]
Of course take steps against terrorism! I've never said not... There were steps that could have been taken previously... but I won't go into the anti-terrorism resolution that the whole world voted for except for America and Israel yet AGAIN, because I've already posted on this....
I have never said 'America deserved it', by the way! That ISNT the point of looking at cause and effect!! More to look at how things have been done in the past, accept that they could, with hindsight, have been done differently and perhaps more sensitively, and, again with the benefit of hindsight, use the insights gained from looking at what happened in the past to avoid making the same mistakes in the present and future.
Of course, mistakes will always be made - that's how human beings learn, isn't it? But the point is to learn by our mistakes, and how can we do that if we refuse to acknowledge that there were any? (Not saying this is your stance, by the way. I know that it isn't. But it does represent the views of many folks that I've debated with.)