[lbo-talk] RE: Hoods

[Carl Remick]

>From: Jon Johanning <jjohanning at igc.org>
>
>On Wednesday, May 5, 2004, at 09:22  AM, Bill Bartlett wrote:
>
>>So Americans are a bit like puppies, the world just needs to rub their 
>>noses in it to stop them crapping all over the carpet.
>
>I would like to suggest that Americans are no different from other people 
>in this respect; in particular, if Australians were involved in this kind 
>of thing, do you think they would behave in any other way? It's all about 
>nationalism: people in country X, where X is any place on earth, think that 
>they are the most wonderful, pure, shining examples of humanity ...

I dunno, Americans seem to have a sentimental fondness for themselves that 
exceeds that of any other people on earth or in history.  What other nation, 
for instance, has experienced so many bouts of "lost innocence"?  Whether 
the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam War, Oklahoma City bombing, Columbine 
shooting, you name it -- loss of US innocence has been one of the most 
recurrent themes of US news coverage in my lifetime.  I can't think of 
another culture that is that childish.

Carl

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