Anniversary

[kjkhoo at softhome.net]

Bradford DeLong wrote:
>>Count me in on this.
>>
>>No, let me rephrase it. The US deserved it. That doesn't mean the 
>>persons, Americans and otherwise, who were the victims deserved 
>>it....
>>
>>
>>kj khoo
>
>There seems to be a problem here. There is no "US" that (a) has a 
>mind, (b) is a moral agent, and (c) can be said to "deserve" 
>anything. To say "the US deserved it" is a backhanded way of saying 
>that "the people who live in the United States and pledge it their 
>allegiance deserve it."

If there is no "US" other than the simple sum of people who live in a 
geographical space we call the United States, then what is the "it" 
to which the people pledge their allegiance?

What then do you mean when you say "US foreign policy"? Is it the 
policy of "the people who live in the United States and pledge it 
their allegiance"? I sincerely hope not!

kj khoo