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

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 11:55 PM 5/23/01 +0300, Charlie wrote:

>Now, look at what I wrote again. Then look at AGB's biography again. He
>moved to Canada aged 23, then on to the States several years later. Did he
>ever take US citizenship? I have no idea. If he didn't, then you're as
>guilty of misrepresenting someone's identity as you accused me of being. If
>he never took US citizenship, then he was still a Scot. If he did, then fair
>enough, he was American *if he would call himself American*.


One could also speculate how big a part the setting played in this (or any 
other) case, IOW, whether or not Bell would have invented the telephone had 
he stayed in Scotland or in Canada.  Or if von Braun would have led the 
successful effort to put a man on the Moon if he had gone to the Soviet 
Union instead -- or if Germany had won WWII . . .


-- Ronn!  :)