[lbo-talk] Hey Mr. bitter expat

[Carl Remick]

>From: Wendy Lyon <wendy.lyon at gmail.com>
>
>On 9/21/05, Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
> > I did not mean to be rude, - there is no excuse for that - but the "love 
>it
> > or leave it" trope is yet another thing that I find quite annoying.  Who 
>is
> > to decide what one can or cannot say about a country?
>
>Personally, I don't care what you say about it, but as an expat myself
>I do wonder why you choose to remain in a place you loathe so much.

I would assume that professional obligation and sheer civic-mindedness must 
play some role.  As a social scientist and citizen of the world, Wojtek 
could be considered as having a duty to bear witness to the creeping 
cruddiness of US society and report his findings.  I for one consider it a 
public service to the world at large.

Carl