Subject: RE: freedom fighters
From: Sean Draine (seandr@microsoft.com)
Date: Fri Jun 15 2001 - 20:49:06 GMT
Scottie:
"...the chorus of sensitive young libertarians on the other
side of the Atlantic falling over themselves in their haste
to malign their own country & its leaders."
Scottie, I could just hug you for this post. You simply have no match.
But enough of the sensitive, touchy-feely crap.
You've captured The American Attitude to Power, be it American power or
someone else's. We are a country conditioned to root for the underdog,
so its only natural that we're uncomfortable with being the richest,
most powerful nation in the world. If you ask me, this stands in
refreshing contrast to the untolerably superior attitudes of a certain
"Island Race" that once dominated the world. Thankfully, the sun has at
last set on all that smugness.
You're right to admire America for fighting nationalism gone haywire in
WWII, but at the same time you poke fun at us for a complete lack of
nationalist sentiment at home. Isn't that a bit inconsistent?
-Sean
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