Re: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes(wasRe:Hardworking?)

[Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten]

"John D. Giorgis" schreef:

> At 02:20 PM 6/1/01 +0200 Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
> >Running across repetitions of statements by Americans like 'we founded the
> >united nations'
>
> Do you care to argue that we didn't?    Or do you think the fact that the
> UN Treaty was signed in San Francisco and that the UN is based in NY are
> both just coincidences?

<sarcastic mode>
OK, so according to you the US  s i n g l e  h a n d e d l y  founded the UN.
Great accomplishment.
</sarcastic mode>

Unfortunately it's not quite what I got from their history site. (Seems like
the UN is a little less arogant and a bit more sensitive about sharing fame and
glory then you are John). It states that 20 nations and 50 countries (51 if you
count Polland) had a part in founding it. But hey who cares about the details,
right?

http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm

Sonja