[PEN-L:30448] Re: Where is Herbert Spencer when we need him?

[Mark Jones <markjones011@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 22/09/2002 14:53, you wrote:



> I expect we'll soon see all conscientious libertarians and consistent social
> Darwinists rise up in revulsion against this Bush doctrine.

Why so? 100 hundred years after Spencer, angry Americans are more anxious
to bash people of different hue, colour, etc, than ever. Why, there are
people on this very list who came out in support of the Bush tactic of
bombing Afghanistan, and they are not at all apologetic, on the contrary,
they continue to argue for American exceptionalism ('perhaps Marc Cooper
has a point' etc); unfortunately, what is exceptional about Americans is
their mix of murderousness, infantile self pity and devastating lack of
self-insight.

Mark