>Yoshie Furuhashi:
>> ...
>> You grew up in America, and that's why you don't notice how odd this
>> country is.
>
>JKSCHW at aol.com:
>> Oh, I certainly do notice how odd this country is....
>
>Odd compared to what?
Seems odder than, say, Canada and Mexico, to pick two nearby examples. Both have richer political cultures, as far as I can tell, and fewer religious crackpots in public life.
Doug