“how on earth can you talk to me about Western values when you declare an elected government a regime”

‘Regime’ simply means government or prevailing system in power. Hence on in January the 20th a new regime will be taking over at the White House. If you are unsure of the meanings of certain words I suggest you check a dictionary next time if want to avoid looking stupid.

westlake

That is why I called you pathetic, now take the use of the word regime, how on earth can you talk to me about Western values when you declare an elected government a regime is beyond belief, its pathetic.

“The comment that we are all Americans now was because the buildings were known as the World Trade Centre and many nations lost people in the attacks. While in Iran many of the normal people are rather pro-Amercian.”

Of Course but the point was also that western values themselves, as personified by America, where being attacked not just the WTC itself and that the world must unite in the face of this threat.

“You really are quite pathetic…”

I am not quite sure why you feel the need to be insulting as you appear to agree with me???

peace

Westlake

The comment that we are all Americans now was because the buildings were known as the World Trade Centre and many nations lost people in the attacks. While in Iran many of the normal people are rather pro-Amercian.

You really are quite pathetic…

“.standards of what is right are dismissed by progressives as irrelevant on the basis of relativity.”

can you provide any examples of this?

“The Judeo/Christian beliefs that established western cultures (…) are mocked by our own institutions, including some of our churches.”

Or this?

btw:

“… right-wing evangical… a term I’ve yet to have anyone fully define.”

right wing: politically conservative and/or reactionary
Evangelical: a form of Protestantism defined by fervent proselytising and a tendency to take Biblical scripture as literal truth.

hope that helps

Westalke

“Mary, I know a number of Americans who have lived in Britain and they all have many stories of outright hostility towards them, so I cannot just dismiss it”

If any of your friends where to venture once more across the pond to grace this, apparently, ‘septic isle’ they may find a much warmer reception post-Nov 4. It is important to remember that in the aftermath 9-11 America enjoyed such popular international support probably not paralleled since the end of the Second World War evidenced for instance by popular demonstrations in Tehran, of all all places, and the famous ‘We are all Americans now” headline in Le Monde. That the power America possessed in such a climate of almost universal goodwill was so wilfully squandered by the aggressive incompetence the Bush/Cheyney regime, up to the point where many Americans felt so ashamed of their governments actions that they’d feign Canadian citizenship when overseas, is a tragic legacy that can now begin to be addressed. With the outpouring of joy witnessed not only throughout the United States but the entire world, with the stars and stripes being proudly flown proudly from Rio to Nairobi, Istanbul to Tokyo, we can see that so much of the so-called ‘anti-Americanism’ was merely contempt and loathing for the then incumbent regime.

shalom

Westlake