[lit-ideas] Re: Shall Iran blink or shall we?
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:07:47 -0700
From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
On page 193 of The End of History and the Last Man, Fukuyama writes, "We
value praise or recognition of our worth much more highly if it comes from
somebody we respect, or whose judgment we trust, and most of all if it is
freely given rather than coerced. (...) Or, to take a more political
example, the satisfaction of a Stalin or a Saddam Hussein on hearing the
adulation of a crowd that has been bused into a stadium and forced to cheer
on pain of death is presumably less than that experienced by a democratic
leader like a Washington or a Lincoln when accorded genuine respect by a
free people.
When I read that paragraph a few weeks ago, I thought about Bush.
He was here in Palo Alto a few years ago. He came back last Friday for two
days.
" ... when accorded genuine respect by a free people."
Let's see: it wasn't announced at all that Bush would be here. No mention in the papers.
Why? It would give the population enough time to organize demonstrations.
On Friday afternoon, Bush shows up and is taken to a secret meeting.
He then went to Stanford. Or, tried to go to Stanford. People in Palo Alto blocked the
streets to keep him out. He had to cancel the meeting and was taken to another undisclosed
location.
That is genuine respect, shown by a free people. Bush is a liar and he is corrupt. His
administration is in shambles. He can not show his face in public in America.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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