Condoleezza Rice's bad analogy
Free Market News Network
by Tibor R. Machan
09/28/06
In the interview conducted with her on CBS-TV's 60 Minutes program on Sunday, September 24, Condoleezza Rice, who is the Secretary of State of the United States now, made a bad analogy. She compared the condescending attitude of racists toward blacks with the skepticism of those who do not consider it realistic to attempt to implement democratic politics in the Middle East and some other regions of the globe. She said that she believes that the view that blacks cannot handle freedom and responsibility is an irresponsible, prejudiced position and so is the idea that the people in Iraq, Iran, Syria and other countries cannot now handle democracy, for the same reason. This is a bad analogy for several reasons...
http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/117/6056/rice.asp?nid=6056&wid=117
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Tibor R. Machan
09/28/06
In the interview conducted with her on CBS-TV's 60 Minutes program on Sunday, September 24, Condoleezza Rice, who is the Secretary of State of the United States now, made a bad analogy. She compared the condescending attitude of racists toward blacks with the skepticism of those who do not consider it realistic to attempt to implement democratic politics in the Middle East and some other regions of the globe. She said that she believes that the view that blacks cannot handle freedom and responsibility is an irresponsible, prejudiced position and so is the idea that the people in Iraq, Iran, Syria and other countries cannot now handle democracy, for the same reason. This is a bad analogy for several reasons...
http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/117/6056/rice.asp?nid=6056&wid=117
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 28. Sep, 13:02
