Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes (was Re: Hard working?)

[John D. Giorgis]

At 05:48 PM 5/23/01 +0200 Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
>> 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)

No..... I am arguing that since Kat's thesis presumes the existence of
arrogance, that the most likely *origins* of arrogance is pride.   That is
not to say that pride necessarily produces arrogance - just that it is the
most reasonable origin for arrogance.

JDG
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