----- Original Message ----- From: "Wojtek Sokolowski" <sokol at jhu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:26 AM Subject: RE: BG on BO'R
> Ian:
>
> > > On a related note - Mark Crispin Miller argues that
> > vindicitveness and
> > > arrogance are what made Bush so popular. Seems like
> > meanness of the
> > > heart is the differentia specifica of Homo Americanus.
> > >
> > > Wojtek
> >
> >
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> >
> > Yeah, Hitler, Mao and Lenin never exhibited those traits.......
> >
>
> You missed my point. Neither of the three received popularity ratings
> reaching 80%. Bush did. The point is, therefore, that Americans,
> especially males, tend to be more nasty, vindictive and mean-spirited or
> at least tend to value these qualities more than people in other
> countries (at least those I visited).
>
> Wojtek
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Point taken; don't believe the polls. Approx. 50% of US citizens didn't vote in 2000. 75% didn't vote for Bush............
Ian