Bob wrote, of the United States, in a moment of passion, rather than reflection: >We were born in liberty... As Bob undoubtedly realizes, one could just as accurately say that we were born in the slavery of African Americans and the conquest of Native American lands and the ethnic cleansing of Native American people. He surely knows that millions of Latin Americans (in, say, Chile), Asians (in, say, Pakistan), and Africans (in, say, South Africa or Liberia or Zaire/Congo) have reason to doubt the sincerity of our commitment to democracy. Love of country need not blind us to our nation's faults, in the past or in the present. --John ===== J. Mason, Charlottesville, Virginia New! Friday Evenings at Eastside Raceway, Photos: http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/cgi-bin/gallery-x/index.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
