RE: RE: freedom fighters


Subject: RE: RE: freedom fighters
From: zazie (zazie@raketnet.nl)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 05:48:14 GMT


Sean,
isn't this simply an old guy frustrated about his age? i mean his reference
to 'compulsive conformity of the young'? Where did he experience that? I
never found the kids in my school so conforming, you had different groups,
about the same in size and that was that. Maybe it's different in ireland
or the us.
Also, this 'island race' remark is a bit scary to me, and pathetic
Scary because this thinking in 'race', especially where there is no 'race'
(there is NO genetic difference between Brits and mainlanders, the very
thought is ridiculous) can lead to things like the British Nationalist
Party, the local Nazis.
Pathetic because if he IS Irish, he is claiming to be part of a group (the
English) which looks down on him. Isn't that sad?

--------------------Origineel bericht--------------------

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
-
* Unsubscribing? Mail majordomo@roughdraft.org with the message
* UNSUBSCRIBE BANANAFISH

-
* Unsubscribing? Mail majordomo@roughdraft.org with the message
* UNSUBSCRIBE BANANAFISH



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b25 : Tue Jul 24 2001 - 09:20:44 GMT