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The 'world-hate' which I have identified is evidenced by use of such phrases as 'screw the rest of the world', 'I really dont care about the rest of the world one bit'; hardly the utterances of a philanthropist? A broad minded chimpanzee, it could be argued, would contain less bile (in relation to other chimpanzees!).
You seem to have a problem in so far as I refuse to defend a position I have NEVER HELD OR EXPRESSED. Very odd, that? And then, (miraculously, Merlin) determine that I am thereby retracting from a statement which I never uttered, typed or printed anywhere.
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Here it is again...[sigh]
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Originally Posted by Hansmoleman";p="
The US is often between a rock and a hard place between isolationism and being the world's policeman. I, for one, really don't care about the rest of the world one bit. I say that we should fight for our survival and nothing else. I think we should not give one dime to any nation unable or unwilling to ever pay us back. I believe that no nation could ever be our "friend" as government's don't have friends, they have interests. What is best for America is not of anyone else's concern, nor is what is best for the rest of the world America's concern.
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I invite you to consider that you share the planet we all live on with other nations - where does all of this world-hatred - an illness of the awareness, really - where does it come from? Have you all swallowed that jingoistic, nationalistic bile so completely? God, they have done a number on your minds. |
The quote you chose to respond to (and re-posted) did not mention "screw the rest of the world" - it merely spoke of self-interest. It did speak of not caring about the world. And your right, this is not philanthropy - it's SELF-INTEREST.
So I'll ask again: What other conclusion are we supposed to come to? It sure sounds like you are equating self-interest with "world-hate". |
Spare me your sighs...
A basic requirement of reading comprehension is that you can extract, from within the body of a text, the information relevant to that aspect of the text under examination. Further, through the nature of 'threads' one might reasonably expect that other contributors will be so considerate as to read preceeding posts (and not simply jump in heedless of the discussion which most immediately preceeds their own contribution).
In exercising either of these two facilities open to you, your confusion may have been avoided. If I have presumed too much, either in terms of connecting dots or providing adequate road sign in joined-up-thinking - mea maxima culpa.
Back to my original query - where does this 'world-hate' phenomenon come from? Am I correct in assuming from Sadistic-Saviour's earlier reply that he/she might consider that no bad thing?