Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...divided. There is no reason for the Israeli government to pursue peace any further. Israel has one of the most modern armies in the world, thanks to the U.S. This, along with Israel's nuclear weapons, makes it unbeatable in the Middle East. With several of our Western allies taking sides, some with the Arabs and some with the U.S. and Israel, we might find ourselves in a Middle East war that could escalate into something no one wants to think about. JOHN J. MCGINTY Coventry, England...
...existential side, consider the vast number of material benefits that Western civilization has brought us. Science and technological progress have tamed hunger and disease, drastically reduced the necessity of physical labor, and brought us to a higher standard of living than any seen in human history-including, students take note, the division of labor which allows some people to devote their time entirely to academic pursuits (and to bashing Western civilization). Contrast these benificent achievements with the age-old sorrows of malnutrition, disease, and back-breaking physical drudgery that plagued the peoples Columbus encountered in the New World...
...consider also the moral side--in particular, the irony of judging Columbus' and the Europeans' faults, including plunder and slavery, by a moral criterion developed in the West--the sanctity of human life and evinced by their practice of slavery, intertribal warfare, and even human sacrifice. It is Western civilization--specifically, its values of reason, individualism, and freedom--which has made the greatest progress in history in eradicating such horrors from the face of the earth. Ear from smearing the man who introduced such a life-giving culture to this hemisphere with fatuous invocations of Hitler and Stalin. We should...
Homosexuality is an abominable crime to many Christians. It's also something scorned rather than celebrated throughout the history of Western civilization. Still, it's possible to hate the sin and love the sinner. Consider someone who harms himself through smoking or poor eating habits. One can criticize that person's lifestyle, suggest they modify that behavior and still extend them compassion and support...
...American cruise-missile strikes on the Iraqi military establishments were as abrupt as they were bizarre [WORLD, Sept. 23]. Those of us in other parts of the world are left only with the perception of a trigger-happy U.S. Despite a plausible semblance of unity, Western Europe and Japan are at a loss about how to react. The reference to the U.N. resolutions is mere rhetoric, a fig leaf to cover what lies behind election politics. This charade demonstrates that Clinton is not a true world leader. YASUO HORI Matsudamachi, Japan