By Erich Vieth on May 17th, 2008
How to recognize a civilized country.
David Horton asks “How do you recognize a civilized country?” He has a list of 25 criteria so far. Here are the first six:
1. The military-industrial complex plays no role in government.
2. Religion plays a very small role in society, not forbidden, but not compulsory.
3. Scientists, teachers, nurses, artists, are all valued more than sports people and celebrities.
4. Speech is free and the media varied.
5. There are few if any guns.
6. The environment is cared for.
- Do dissenting liberals take the positive aspects of their country for granted?
- Just say “no” to TV. Do it for your country.
- Nation Conference for Media Reform - Plenary Speech by Bill Moyers
- Maybe We Will
- Bill Moyers: “Big Media is Ravenous. It Never Gets Enough. Always Wants More. And it Will Stop at Nothing to Get It.”
Thats funny that he needs 25 because I only need 1
1: A civilization is a society or culture group normally defined as a complex society characterized by the practice of agriculture and settlement in cities. Compared with other cultures, members of a civilization are organized into a diverse division of labor and an intricate social hierarchy. (Wikipedia)
Rumrunner: I see civilized countries as being a subset within civilizations. Not all “civilizations” are “civilized.”