My sense of things is that I can understand why Dominic desires a more
'nuanced'(?) take on Bush & on those people who answer that they
believe in the divine correctness of the Bible, but I'm not sure how to
practice such a reading. A lot of those people (I think about the
family I saw interviewed on a CBC news story, who were very upset that
their son (who himself complained about how he had to, um, lie for
marks) had to go against his beliefs, actually his knowledge as they
saw it, in biology classes. et they lived in a house full of the modern
conveniences, there was a SUV in the driveway, etc. So there is a
terrific ability to compartmentalize in these peoples' minds, as they
utilize the results of the very science they deride as against God or
whatever..
But basically, as I see such thinking growing in influence, I too
despair, Ann & Mark (or were you simply not so optimistic?).
On the other hand, it does seem that the US, as a power, does what it
will, no matter who's in the White House. Still, under more
'democratic' (even Democratic) leaders, just maybe not so blatantly.
Just maybe, not quite so sure of itself. Just maybe, with some
uncomfortable sense that there are many ways of seeing the world. Just
maybe...
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
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