tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11057324.post114900514272890349..comments2023-06-13T10:03:01.228-05:00Comments on Blue Christian on a Red Background: Another footnote to the history of British-American ImperialismJon Trotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08667858230128323729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11057324.post-1149024113596836342006-05-30T16:21:00.000-05:002006-05-30T16:21:00.000-05:00Good point, Lainie, when considering the nations' ...Good point, Lainie, when considering the nations' internal oppression of women. For those of a female gender, living in/under an Islamic nation is doubtless a rougher row to hoe than living in America. But what I am speaking to is those most successful at imperialism -- the aggressive behavior toward other, smaller nations. In modern times, most Islamic nations have had little to no luck at imperialism -- witness Saddam's attacks upon neighbors and the eventual results. By contrast, it was said not all that long ago that "the sun never sets on the British flag." Substitute "American flag" -- our interests, military bases and such -- and that saying might still fit. <BR/><BR/>A deeper discussion might be on American feminism's failure (or maybe limited success?) in addressing the complex web of issues facing women of the 3/4 world. But if you want to start that off, you'll have to... because I'm just not boned up enough on it at present. And I am also not into beating up on feminists, who already serve as punching bags for Rush Limbaugh and other whoopee cushions of the Right.Jon Trotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269111052515857956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11057324.post-1149006305939047202006-05-30T11:25:00.000-05:002006-05-30T11:25:00.000-05:00Check your email, Jon. I sent you a link to someth...Check your email, Jon. I sent you a link to something in the "Left Behind" industry that you ought to find interesting.<BR/><BR/>But as much as I don't like certain aspects of Anglo-American imperialism, the philosophers and leaders of the UK and the US have given us feminism something that Islamic states lack.<BR/><BR/>I'm all for being critical of nations, but I fail to see how, in the grand scheme of things, the US and Britain are "worse" than Islamic states.Lainie Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336378792785324740noreply@blogger.com