PERHAPS I've mentioned this, but it took Western Europe (which doesn't include Britain) about 2,000 years to become more or less civilized and it may take this country about the same number of years.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
ANDREW writes about the U.S. health care debate for British readers of the Times.
PERHAPS I've mentioned this, but it took Western Europe (which doesn't include Britain) about 2,000 years to become more or less civilized and it may take this country about the same number of years.
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PERHAPS I've mentioned this, but it took Western Europe (which doesn't include Britain) about 2,000 years to become more or less civilized and it may take this country about the same number of years.
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Western Europe as civilized??? Don't forget how rough and tumble The British House of Parliament still is, or the labor riots in France, or the neo-nazi violence against Turkish immigrants in Germany, or soccer hooligans!
ReplyDeleteI didn't say "civilized." I said "more or less" civilized — after 2,000 years of religious strife and innumerable wars, including two world wars. But two humanly relevant factors by which one can judge the level of civilization is the provision of universal health care and efficient and comfortable public transportation. By these two factors, we have a long, long way to go.
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