[lbo-talk] The Liberal Morality: Shtum on Atrocities

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Sun Dec 28 23:19:56 PST 2008


On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:39:31 -0600 "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:


> 'We' had some effect in regard to civil rights, Southeast Asia, and Central
> America.

Very true. Perhaps I didn't make myself quite clear. I wasn't claiming that 'we' were necessarily ineffectual. what I was wondering about was how "our government" could be considered "ours" -- except of course in the objective- genitive sense: it governs us.

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