tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post3210373273613095090..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: The West Needs to Change TooPluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-27219000235430273282011-02-24T14:18:29.793+01:002011-02-24T14:18:29.793+01:00Ironies abound, like Blair hugging Gaddafi - given...Ironies abound, like Blair hugging Gaddafi - given his record.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-6992324965308528472011-02-24T10:02:00.765+01:002011-02-24T10:02:00.765+01:00Adrian, I just read an article which pointed out t...Adrian, I just read an article which pointed out that while countries such as the United States, England, and even Israel, supported the apartheid regime in South Africa, Gaddafi supported the ANC and Nelson Mandela, giving lots of money and support. The irony of a dictator helping to bring a democracy is astounding. South Africa today has a rich notion of law which tries to keep the best of so-called Western or European law while respecting tribal customs. Rather than appealing to abstract principles, some have called responsive constitutionalism in that it sees the law as a series of harms or crimes committed against certain peoples. Instead of appealing to some higher principle, the way forward is to address the major lapses of the system. This is a dialogic approach versus a more religious transcendental approach as practiced in the United States, the country I am familiar with.<br /><br />I like the South African example also because it blurs the distinction between Western and nonWestern.<br /><br />When people claim a system is stable I get suspicious because the characterization may be a response to obvious signs of decay.<br /><br />Gary Paul GilbertGary Paul Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941698776126034822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-7151051387950652092011-02-24T07:01:51.555+01:002011-02-24T07:01:51.555+01:00Only a Unitarian could believe this.
Never happe...Only a Unitarian could believe this.<br /> Never happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com