[lbo-talk] Hey Mr. bitter expat

Liza Featherstone lfeather at panix.com
Wed Sep 21 13:03:22 PDT 2005


on 9/21/05 2:55 PM, Carl Remick at carlremick at hotmail.com wrote:


>> 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
>
>
I agree - his grumblings are a public service. And, they are very entertaining to read.

Liza



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