Despite change, things are the same
A gentleman doesn’t read another gentleman’s mail, no more than a solid citizen incarcerates an innocent person, yet civilized nations routinely spy on others for military security just as they once made slaves for economic reasons.
The best rationale is that our spy plane was over international waters, and the Atlantic slave trade was done on the open market.
Chinese fighter pilots, not liking the arrangement, harass American planes by flying under them and then suddenly popping up right in front. Americans of African descent similarly show their disapproval by getting riled up. This in-your-face attitude inevitably leads to clashes. Now it seems the Chinese want an apology and blacks want reparations.
Mechanization obviated the need for slaves. We now have the internal combustion engine, not to mention the jet engine. You know, the French have a saying which translates, “The more things change, the more they remain the same,” but President Eisenhower just said, “There should be no hyphenated Americans.”

Earl Gosnell

Eugene