Subject: RE: Tr: Ghost World
From: horanp (horanp@kenyon.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 02 2001 - 12:44:08 GMT
>Me:
>I can't help but think, 16-year-old kids? AMERICAN 16-yearold kids??
>Waddaya expect? Not to slur on America or something but in general
>big-country people tend to have less attention, interest in what goes on
>in other countries, especially if this is enhanced by the fact that they
>are not yet fully aware/grown-up.
I guess I can't blame the teens in this country that spend 90% of their
income on clothes and shoes and radio systems for their cars for not
knowing the ins and outs of communism.
>Sad but true, but also not really anything to get emotional about.
>I guess communism/socialism, like christianity(jezus-version), was
based on, amongst other
>things, on the idea of 'let's be nice to another for a change'
I don't think I could agree with you more. The U.S. Bishops get blasted
many times for having Communist tendencies, when really they just
want, as you say, all of us to get along. Unfortunately, Christianity is no
good as a political party. They needed something on paper, and
Communism and/or socialism probably came pretty close. But due to
McCarthyism and the Cold War, the scarlet letter, as it were (no pun
intended) will take a very long time to pass. Maybe if we breed an entire
generation of ignoramuses (ignorami?), by the time they are in their
senior years everyone can start anew.
Yes, I'm being facetiously idealistic,
Pete.
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