Hmmm where to start this...
We're now supposed to be an 'enlightened' civilization, right? (At least the West is) Granted the past has alot of baggage that will be brought forward. We should LEARN form the past but not let it interfere with the forward mpvement of todays society.
Take the Native Americans for example... they have basically successfully integrated (albeit forced) into todays civilization. And before the naysayers spring up, there ARE more Indians living off of the reservations than in or on them.
What I'm trying to say is, we can't be letting what even happened a 100 years ago affect us to such a degree that it interferes with the forward movement today. IE: if we allow the past to overcome us, then Germany, Japan (fill in the blank) are still the Wests enemies, right? Native Americans will be launching new raids for horses,.. errr cars in this day and age. Instead of leaving their moccassins to thumb their noses at the target of their theft, they'd today leave their horses as they drive off in your Lincoln SUV. lol
We at SOME point as this so called modern civilization have to let the past go when it comes to the betterment for all of us in THIS day and age.
Granted it will be hard and we face alot of challenges since there are alot of third world countries that haven't "kept up with the changing times". There still ARE Native Americans in Central America that are afraid of having their pictures taken etc. Do they bear arms to fight against todays society? Not for the most part. The middle east isn't so far behind that they *really* want to do away with us. (Look at the videos of them, wearing US rock group Tshirts, and a status symbol is a zippo lighter of all things. lol
Will we have to go to war to pull some of them into 200x? No doubt we will. Is that a GOOD thing? No, on one hand but for the good of the World it will be a necessary thing. OR we will face the wrath of their backwards religious leaders for another century and they will have their backwards converts to carry out their ill will towards things they cannot understand.
Look at Japan, only a couple hundred years back they refused Westerners access to their country. Preferring to trade with us through China etc. They got forward looking leaders and that all changed. They forged ahead and are one of the leading 'Modern Civilizations'.
Saddam? A different cookie there. He wants all that the West offers and at the same time harbors a Hitler like will to carry a heavy hand over as many people that he possibly can. He is the mental case that makes a 100 of these dinky wannabe warlords look like ONE local neighborhood bully. We have to (or someone does) rout out those reallllly bad ones, and the little pipsqueaks will either fall into line OR be taken out.
I am sure there are or will be future leaders in most all of those third world countries that will come to the forefront to lead their peoples into the future. Not in OUR lifetimes no doubt. But it will come. If civilization stops its forward movement, then the Human Race will be either doomed or thrown into a form of dark ages more befitting our stature as opposed to the 1200's or whatever year they started back then. Can we say Mad Max?
Hope some of that makes sense. It was running in the back of my mind while I slept and I don't have alot of time to put it in to words.
