В Америке очередная стрельба. От них уже шарахаются даже союзники
В колледже в США в результате стрельбы погибли 10 человек -
http://lenta.ru/news/2015/10/01/oregon/Орегонский стрелок спрашивал жертв об их вероисповедании -
http://lenta.ru/news/2015/10/02/mercer/Это уже перестает быть новостями, неделя-другая, и опять массовые убийства....
Но на этот раз отмечу реакцию нашей центральной столичной газеты. Такого дистанцирования от Америки я ранее никогда не видел:
President Obama was wrong: Australia is not like the US
Президент Обама неправ - Австралия не похожа на США.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/president-obama-was-wrong-australia-is-not-like-the-us-20151002-gjztja.htmlЦитата:
In his very fine speech this morning, full of sorrow and frustration, President Obama made a mistake: Australia is not like the United States. We decided not to be.
We decided to grow up instead and become a more reasonable, rational society that explicitly values human life and prefers to think the best of people, rather than the worst.
The US is too immature a society to be allowed to play with guns. It has never shed its Wild West mythology. Americans still use their courts to kill people, which sends a message in its own way. Read The New Yorker's account of the Rodricus Crawford case and see a state that thinks taking a life is a no big deal. It's a country that values property more than life.
Несколько параграфов оттуда меня очень впечатлили
Цитата:
Unlike Australia, the US is at war with itself, strongly divided on racial, religious, political and social lines. We have our problems, significantly worse in some places than others, but overall our gaps are bridgeable. The US seems to prefer to use its societal chasms as moats and defend their borders.
Цитата:
There's an American brand that hasn't evolved far from justifying slavery. It carries a fundamentalist certainty that is in equal parts both ignorant and frightening. The concept of American exceptionalism – that God has a chosen mission for the USA – is a dangerous adjunct.
We have our share of deranged individuals, but we try not to empower them. We don't promote violence for good or bad and increasingly decry the bad.
Похоже Америка достала даже своих близких союзников, начали шарахаться как от прокаженных.
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