karthur@codas.att.com (Kurt_R_Arthur) (02/06/88)
Sorry to post this, but the mail bounced. Further discussion on this should be directed to alt.flame. In article <601@crcmar.crc.uucp> steve@crcmar.crc.uucp (Steve Ardron) writes: > In article <1617@codas.att.com>, karthur@codas.att.com (Kurt_R_Arthur) writes: >> In article <4929@nsc.nsc.com> fiasco@nsc.nsc.com (G. R. Gircys) writes: >> > [ A whole bunch of stuff concerning how wonderful Nicaragua is ] >> If Nicaragua is so great (by your own admission it's constitution out-does >> ours) why aren't you down there? > > Don't be so intentionally dense. He was saying Nicaragua is great for > Nicaragua, and a hell of a lot better than other banana republics, but it is > still a third (2nd?) world country. He may admire Nicaragua, but doesn't > want to give up his standard of living for "principles". > > Stevie. I'm the one who's intentionally dense? Who wrote "Nicaragua is great for Nicaragua"? That's like saying "Russia is great for Russia". Great logic (?). Maybe we can get you on "Firing Line" (I'm sure you'll dissect Wm. F. Buckley with arguments like that). BTW, if the other Central American republics are so badly off (inferred from your "hell of a lot better" remark), why do the Sandanistas have to _export_ their revolution? The people should be _importing_ it! To spell it out for you, my (valid) point is that if you believe a system is obviously better than the system you are presently in (and you are freely permitted to leave), you are a hypocrite if you don't move to that new system, regardless of standard of living or anything else. If you do not move, you are incontrovertible evidence that the system you decry is better. Kurt Arthur