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Originally Posted by Limegirl
This total different views often creates collisions and missunderstandings between them..is it ever possible to make a bridge between this two mentallity gaps and create a constructive dialogue..? l
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Limegirl, I think there's always room for constructive dialogue between countries or even people. However, for there to ever be a REAL constructive dialogue, you have to START by understanding the other person that's sitting across the table from you and realizing that THEIR country or THEIR beliefs or THEIR concepts of government and social justice may not be yours. And therefore you can't open a successful dialogue by just outright mocking them or criticizing them or dismissing their views.
The best example is what Hank wrote and reading what I wrote, and then realizing how apart we actually are. Now, I've never met Hank (so hello, Hank!) but based on his posts at this site I'll take a guess and assume that he's basically an okay guy. Or least he seems to be. And in return I'd like to think that I'm a pretty nice guy, too!
But the second that someone like Hank starts saying that America (as a country) and that we as Americans (as a people) need to be more Liberal and Leftist or more Socialistic or Progressive (or whatever term you want to pick) in our political beliefs -- or in the way that we act as a society -- is the moment that he's going to lose a lot of listeners -- at least here in America -- since those political beliefs that he likes to espouse are 180 degrees and completely opposite from what Americans actually believe in.
Now, the rest of the world might not like hearing that. The rest of the world may feel that America somehow "owes it to them" to bend to their global will or their personal requests, but it just isn't going to happen. And that's because the minute the rest of the world starts making demands on America is the moment that we, as Americans, will remember WHY our country was founded in the first place. Namely, it was created by people who came here because they REJECTED European political beliefs. And I hate to break this to the Euro crowd out there, but here in America we like you...we're happy to be your friends...but we still feel the exact same way that we did over 200 years ago. Which means we STILL reject your European concepts of government or your particular views on how a society should be ruled.