"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 08:12 PM 6/1/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >Sorry to just laugh w/o explanation, but I was so amused I could barely think
> >straight. I don't think your "Shining City on the Hill" post would
> qualify as
> >"diminish(ing) Americas accomplishments." And I really am trying oh so hard
> >to be nice...
>
> I'd hardly call that an accurate way of summarising the debate, given that
> not a single person deigned to actually respond to it. Most of the time,
> when people try to summarize a debate, they try and address the issues that
> produced a bit of back-and-forth, you know?
>
> Of course, from that same "Shining City on the Hill" post:
> "That journey remains unfinished. At home, we remain imperfect. True
> equality of opportunity for all people remains a distant dream. Racism has
> not yet been entirely eradicated. We too often prefer to focus on our
> minor woes, at the expense of tragedies befalling others overseas."
>
> And I won't even bring up all the time I spent discussing the mistakes of
> the Civil War.
>
I wasn't attempting to summarize anything. I haven't been involved in this
debate. But despite your above qualifications, the aforementioned post was
quite possibly the most boastful thing I've seen posted on this list to
date. I should have just blown it off I suppose, but your "diminish
America's accomplishments" remark was just too much to bear in silence.
Doug
