On Aug 9, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Aug 9, 2008, at 1:58 PM, John Thornton wrote:
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>> I don't watch the Olympics but I've never found the Chinese streak
>> of superiority any stronger than that of Germans, Americans, or
>> Japanese.
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> Their sense of superiority is frightening. Ours is just one of those
> funny quirks you just shrug off.
American claims to "superiority" are indeed laughable. But are Chinese claims "frightening" because we suspect they might be justified?
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to be called Zeus."
Herakleitos of Ephesos