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Well, I guess you can tell a lot about a country by the company they keep. mart wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Hmmm?? This seems to be the second time the Olympics have been allowed be > used for a particularly overt and disgusting display of the host countries > nationalism > and propaganda. The first was 1936 games in NAZI Germany!! > mart > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nancy Hey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:30 PM > Subject: "Patriotism" at the 2002 Winter Olympics > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > A headline in USA Today today stated that American patriotism > will be the theme of the 2002 Winter Olympics. The article said > that a host country for the Olympics is usually not allowed to use > the event as a promotion for their own nationalism, but that an > exception would be made for the US in this case, because of the > September 11th tragedy. > > Excuuuuuse me, but I fail to see why the September 11th tragedy > should give the US special license to engage in self-promotion that > is likely to be offensive to non-Americans participating in the > Olympics. Most other nations in the world have experienced attacks > on their soil of the magnitude of Sept. 11 regularly throughout their > history. > > Iraq, for example, suffers losses of its people equivalent to one Sept. > 11th every month from the economic sanctions. So, the US suffering a > tragedy once that most people in the world suffer regularly gives us the > right to mindlessly wave American flags at the Olympics, an event which > is supposed to be non-political, and promote peace, and only friendly > competition between nations, and thereby rub it in to everybody else in the > world that we consider our nation superior to theirs? > > A few weeks ago, on a television newscast, they showed some > Russian athletes coming to the Olympics dressed in red, white > and blue uniforms, and claimed that this was done out of > deference to their American hosts and their support of American > patriotism. Most people in this country don't study other countries > and their flags much, but those who do would know that Russia's > own flag has a red, white and blue design anyway! In fact, many > countries besides the US have red, white and blue as their flag > colors, for example, Cuba and Yugoslavia also do. > > So, Russians wearing red, white and blue would simply be showing > support for their OWN country, not for the United States! The media > counted on the American public's general lack of knowledge of other > countries to put one over on the American public, and give them the false > impression that everybody else in the world just fawns over the United > States. > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
