Re: American Attitudes (was Re: Hard working?)

[Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten]

"John D. Giorgis" schreef:

> At 11:31 AM 5/23/01 +0300 Charlie Bell wrote:
> >John wote:
> >> America has always been at the forefront of technological
> >> innovation, and a
> >> great many of the important inventions of the past 200 years were made
> >> here.
> >
> >Like the steam engine, antibiotics, the car, radio, television, the internal
> >combustion engine, the machine gun, the jet engine, the pneumatic tyre, the
> >bicycle, the mechanical loom, steel and the train?
> >
> >Thanks John. That entire post neatly illustrated exactly what Kat was
> >talking about.
>
> And thank you for proving my point.
>
> Kat's proposition makes it a given that:
> -Some people will be arrogant.
> -There are reasons for being arrogant.
>
> I am therfore arguing that arrogance might reasonably stem from pride in
> one's accomplishments.   Thus, I am pointing out that Americans have a
> great many accomplishments that one might reasonably take pride in.

Are you claiming total ignorance in not knowing the difference between arrogance
and pride? :o)

Sonja