John D. Giorgis wrote:
>At 10:37 AM 6/1/01 -0500 Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
>> Americans used to be fools, but now they're dangerous fools.
>
>Excellent point, Marvin. I'd add to that that "now they're incredibly
>successful and powerful fools."
God help us all.
>In France, at least, I think American resentment is strongly tied to
>jealousy of American success.
That, and McDonalds. The French take their food seriously. <grin>
> Several hundred years ago, France was the
>center of the intellectual activity and learning, Paris was at the center
>of a world-wide empire, and they coined the term "lingua franca" to
>describe the dominance of all things French.
>
>Nowadays, the lingua franca of much of the world is English, the USA is the
>most dominant force on the planet, and France isn't even the most dominant
>country in *Europe*, let alone the fact that it has only a few miniscule
>islands and a slice of South America to show for its worldwide empire.
Thank you, JDG. You couldn't have described more succenctly what I
believe is happening to *us*.
Kat Feete
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I think every truly religious person is a heretic at
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agenda. You have to be true to what you think.
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