Re: American like Sam Shepard ( was guns and stuff)
Robert Morris (winboog@gis.net)
Fri, 14 May 1999 18:23:11 -0400
>Robert "Proud to be an American" Morris:
>"The problem is, they are usually basing their observations on sitcoms..."
>
>The real problem is that so many Americans base their real life on sitcoms
>and other televised schmaltz.
First off, not the ones that I choose to associate with.
Go outside and talk to some, and you'll see
>what I mean. Ever heard the phrase "Been there, done that"?
Not in conversation with anyone, no.
I have, at least
>700,000,000 times, because of all the Americans I interact with parroting
>their television sets. If you're not proud of American television, then I
>guess you're not all that proud of America after all.
Secondly, you've just confirmed what i put forth in my initial post about
people being soulless. And if you equate what exists on TV as being
representative of American society, or in particular the sort of American
society that i'm afraid is becoming extinct, then you are the one who is
lost.
I'll take jazz, and Hank Williams, and baseball, and Faulkner over the
crap you are putting forth any day. Nice try, though.
RMM