From: Wim Nusselder (wim.nusselder@antenna.nl)
Date: Tue Mar 30 2004 - 20:50:50 BST
Dear Jon (Ascmjk),
It's a fascinating metaphor to see the USA, the American Civil War and the
conquest and attempt to democratize Iraq as scientific experiments, testing
the idea of freedom from social hierarchy against monarchism (?), an economy
based on slavery respectively terrorism (28 Mar 2004 17:55:22 -0500).
'Science' as a metaphor in that context is another 'science' than what David
B. is writing about a battle between 'science' and the Bush administration,
however. If you would mean literally what you write, it would be immoral
science, using the people that are being fought without their consent as
guinea pigs in an experiment.
You conclude:
'Iraq has become the testing ground ... because not only are our troops
there, our IDEA has been planted there, and it's the IDEA they've been
attacking all along.'
To what extent is sending troups a good way of planting the idea of freedom
from social hierarchy in Iraq and to what extent does it enforce the global
social hierarchy with the USA at its top?
With friendly greetings,
Wim
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