On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:25:34 UTC, "Poor, Edmund W"
<Edmund.W.Poor(a)abc.com> wrote:
Dan, would you please weave this insight into a Wikipedia article about
America or Americans? Or start a new article called [[American concepts
of justice]]? Or maybe put this into [[independent judiciary]], as part
of a series on [[American government]]?
I think it's important for the Wikipedia articles to reflect that fact
that many Americans take just the attitude you described above:
that America "does something better than most of the world does" by
"having an independent judiciary that is largely in the hands of
people
who understand the concept of due process of law and even approve of
it"
Heh. When I started reading this, I was half-expecting it (not having
looked at the signature) to turn out to be a sarcastic attack. Wrong
again. And it's not a bad suggestion. But do I have time for the flame
wars? Consider the reactions to your quote of my remark--reactions which
appear to come from countries that are "better than most of the world" in
exactly the same way and have little or no reason to be sensitive on this
issue; but it's not OK to make such a claim for the US.
Not that I'd be damaged by being called names, but could a text ever be
agreed on?