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Alex H Posted: 8 April 2004 - 09:37
The fact that you personally share this planet with more than 6 billion other people puts a resposibility on you to ensure that nothing bad happens to them. You don't have to go out and fight injustice in all its forms or even be increadibly active about it. Its called being a good citizen. You try to be nice to your family and friends, your local community and of course to your fellow countrymen and women.
There is another level to it, which is becoming increasingly clear in the Information Age, and that is the global community.
If you saw a kid in the street (or even your own child calling another kid a "dirty Muslim", you'd say something along the lines of: "No, you're not better than that kid, you two are both equals, he just has different beliefs to yours". (If you've heard this this concept before in your constitution, you'll know what I'm on about).
So why don't you "approve" of communist Cuba? Just because you like democracy, why do you have to hate communism? If you "don't like" them, why do you have to try to destroy them. Personally, if I don't like someone I ignore them, but the US government has made the decision to "hate" on behalf of your entire country, where there maybe some people who don't mind the Cubans or their cigars. What benefits does America get from embargos on Cuba?
The US has bombed or invaded so many smaller countries and ethnic groups that it was hardly surprising one of them would be pissed off enough to fight back. I wonder how many people in the Middle East watched the events of 9/11 thinking "Hey America, welcome to the rest of the world"?