"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> Secondly, it is necessary, because this discussion with Kat remarking that
> "Americans don't have much reason to be arrogant." I responded by arguing
> that a reasonable person could see much that America would have to take
> pride in, and while arrogance may not be justified, for many people that
> pride might well become a reason for arrogance.
>
> Unfortunately, in my opinion, this discussion exposed a virulent
> anti-Americanism on the part of several members of the List, as quite a few
> attempted to debunk almost every reason Americans might have to take pride
> in their country.
I think you're reaching a bit there - we weren't debunking reasons for Americans to
have pride in the US, we were debunking 2 things:
some of your specific claims as being erroneous, and
the general claim that it is OK to be arrogant if you have sufficient levels of pride.
As far as I can see, apart from minor nitpicking, that was pretty clear.
I know some anti-Americans, but they would never fit in on Brin-L for a whole lot of
reasons, and they wouldn't consider Brinellers as friends as most of the "foreign"
Brinellers do. There are plenty of anti-Americans in the world (cf the Rogue Nations
thread) without labelling us as well...
Russell Chapman
Brisbane Australia
