[lbo-talk] Olympics

[John Thornton]

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.
>
> Their sense of superiority is frightening. Ours is just one of those 
> funny quirks you just shrug off.
>
> Doug 

I don't know.
I suspect more of the world is "frightened" by America's sense of 
superiority than China's but maybe I'm wrong about that.
White people's sense of superiority has always frightened me more than 
that of the Chinese.
Maybe Chinese superiority is more frightening to white people than white 
people's sense of superiority?
A sense of superiority that allows the near complete genocide of the 
North American continent's peoples is pretty frightening.
Most American's are quite comfortable with using 25% of the worlds 
resources for 5% of the population.
That's one hell of a sense of superiority!

John Thornton