--- boddi satva <lbo.boddi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Comrades,
>
> Happy Thanksgiving.
>
> I hope that for one day of the year you can retire
> your sense of class
> conflict, injustice and man's history of violence
> and enjoy a dinner
> with family and friends. Say what you like about
> America, but we are
> still the only society where a brand-new citizen is,
> in a very real
> sense, equal to a member of a founding family of
> this nation the
> moment he swears that oath. Yes, we have a culture
> that is not
> necessarily inclusive and the traditional
> Thanksgiving table is an
> example of that culture. But it also shows how our
> culture is
> inclusive culture is inclusive. The menu may be
> based on species
> native to the Americas - Sweet potatoes, Turkey,
> pecans, cranberries -
> but the characteristic of a Thanksgiving table is a
> profusion of side
> dishes - often new introductions, from manicotti to
> things with the
> spices of Madras curry.
>
> The spirit of the holiday is one of inclusion, even
> an (admittedly
> perverse) effort to include Native Americans. We may
> be a chaotic mess
> here, but the ethic of a national day of breaking
> bread together is an
> honorable and a worthy thing.
>
> Best wishes and Happy Thanksgiving,
>
> boddi
>
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