Re: OT - the US is a lousy world citizen

Neil, I'm not sure why, but I feel like you. Maybe it's because I live
in the same hemisphere, or because I live in an English speaking
country, that is slowly being assimilated by an American speaking
consumer driven and selfish society that has no long term vission or
regard for the worlds future.

In anticipation of being criticised for this comment, I don't think
that any one individual or group or country is to blame for the growth
of this global "Americanistic" society, but this is the name it takes.
But there are definetly some things that we should all try and do to
turn the world around. The first is to always question the status-quo.
This is something that Australians and New-Zealanders are extremely
good at, because of our cultural background as convict nations.

People watch too much television, and believe what they're told. That
is how the Australian, British and American governments, (among others)
get away with decieving the people that voted them in, and recieving
support for policies which kill poor people, and make wealthy people
more powerful.

Prior to Sept 11 '01 there was no Al Q. This was an invention by the
government. It seems to have grown since then, but initially it was a
myth used to galvanise public support for governments around the world.

No single nation has a preconcieved "uniquely blessed" destiny. If
there is a God, he doesn't care what flag you were born under. Every
nation has a responsibility to "Love thy neighbor". How many countries
can be said to meet this expectation? Take the tsunami in Asia. It
got lots of attention because westerners were killed there. Earthquake
in India? Who cares, cousin David wasn't stranded on vacation there,
or the local football team didn't have its star forward killed in the
disaster. So we pay it no attention.

Governments should focus on policies that support the wellbeing and
security of families -whatever thier makeup. Because a family is the
basic unit that any society is made up of. A society is not made of
individuals. Look after families, and people will not be focussed on
selfish consumerism which is destroying our planet.

PS. if you don't like my comments, can you still reply to my other
posts, because I need the groups help on lots of stuff? ;-)

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