[lbo-talk] Homer Simpson, the greatest American

[Grant Lee]

> Thiago wrote:
> >
> > In my experience, and generalizing wildly, Australians love taking the
piss
> > out of themselves, in that disarming kind of way, but are horrified if
> > anyone else pokes fun at them. It's the sort of self-deprecating humour
that
> > isn't self-deprecating at all, but the Aussies think it is, and it makes
> > them think they are all the more immune to criticism.

Carrol wrote:
> Several years ago on this list we had a thread in which Yoshie and I
> argued that "self-criticism" is always fake unless in response to
> criticism from others. "Self-launched" self-criticism is, as you suggest
> here, a way of avoiding actual criticism.

I _would_ say that I think Thiago is absolutely right, but it might be taken
the wrong way, so I won't ;-)