Re: To the non-Americans: did you feel invested in this case?


Shane wrote:
> On 20 Dec 2005 12:54:16 -0800, Cyde Weys wrote:
>
> > This came to mind when I was reading John Wilkins' (an Australian)
> > response to one of my comments about the Dover trial.
> >
> > To all of the non-Americans in this group, did you feel personally
> > invested in this case?
> >
> > Let me start out by explaining that I sure as hell did. Pennsylvania
> > is only one state north of me and I feel like I am routinely under
> > attack from the fundies. Whether it's pushing their religion into
> > schools, pressuring professors out of universities, enacting stupid
> > Luddite bans against such promising developments as stem cells, or just
> > waging their stupid war for Christmas, I most definitely felt
> > personally invested in this case, and was very glad when it went our
> > way.
> >
> > But to the non-Americans: do you really feel invested in this? Even
> > knowing that in no way will it affect anything in your own country?
> > Are you just sort of happy that this occurred, but not really invested
> > in it? Or is your commitment to good science so strong that it
> > transcends national boundaries, and anytime, anywhere, science is
> > attacked, you feel personally invested?
> >
> > Just wondering!
>
>
> An Aussie here, and yes I did feel personally invested in the case
> because of it's implications in the broader context of the cultural
> power of the U.S. at the present time.

Don't we all feel that America has all the ingredients of a great
intellectual nation, and that it has standards to betray?

~Iain

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