To: Pokey78
Step forward, Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen, who said in London last year that the EU must not develop into a military superpower but must become a great power that will not take up arms at any occasion in order to defend its own interests.Again the denial of the existence of evil. Despite what moral relativists say, human beings are not "inherently good" and thus we have checks, balances, and a big stick.
16 posted on
03/13/2003 8:40:23 AM PST by
Drawsing
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To: Drawsing
Most people are quite good and wish to do the right thing and live peaceful, prosperous lives. The problem arises because ther are always enough exceptions and some of them rise to positions of power. The idea that goodness will prevail simply because of the "greatness of institutions" is utterly myopic, wishful thinking, and in the extreme, suicidally insane. That there are politicians who are so stupid as to believe such nonsense is the best reason I know to stay well-armed.
29 posted on
03/13/2003 10:39:23 AM PST by
45Auto
(Peace through superior firepower)
To: Drawsing
Hard to believe this comes from the nation that stood up to the Soviet Union in 1940.
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