What mischaracterization? That most Chinese and Americans do not spend a whole lot of time travelling? They don't.
You said, " Most Americans (and Chinese) were held to be backwards provincials, farmers with no outside ken..." (despite most Americans obviously not being farmers)
--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Percival Myers <permaceaem at gmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't claim that anyone used that
> word. Were you retracting your
> mischaracterization?
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Chris Doss<lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Nobody said anything about them being backward.
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 7/20/09, Percival Myers <permaceaem at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Normally I would agree with Alan Rudy that
> exposure to other cultures
> >> via the usual method of traveling abroad is
> beneficial and for a
> >> number of reasons, but in this case I must object.
> Most Americans (and
> >> Chinese) were held to be backwards provincials,
> farmers with no
> >> outside ken...
> ___________________________________
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>