Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJager
The original question in its description of America is so innaccurate and biased its impossible to address it. I would not want to give an ounce of legitimacy to what amounts to anti-american propaganda by taking this thread seriously.

I did like this bit though, possibly the most.. outrageous... of a very outrageous thread.



Yes Bush, Clinton, and Nixon are to be lumped in with Hitler and Stalin. Thats quite a concession to make simply for some common ground, Red.
You might want to try to place it into context verus assuming you know what my point is. Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. The common ground is corruption - and power. Not in attempting to find a middle ground in the discussion.

Now go back and review and see how the power of being President corrupted Nixon, see how it corrupted Clinton, and see how it is corrupting Bush.

Did there corruption have the same impact on their populations in scale as as Stalin, Hilter, and Pol Pot - nope the corruption of each individual is not based upon how the curruption effect the world - but how the power caused the man to become corrupted - and that yes indeed each individual was corrupted by their power.

With the checks and balances in the United States systems - the ability for the corruption to reach the scale of Hilter, Stalin, and Pol Pot was not achievable - but the fact remains that the power corrupted them.