Re: *DO* we share a civilization?

[J. van Baardwijk]

At 11:07 27-7-01 -0700, Jim Sharkey wrote:

>The hand-smashing you speak of reaches back to the question of why other
>countries seem to hate us.  We, as Americans, do sometimes act like we know
>what's best for everyone else.  "THIS is how you should do things, and
>THAT'S whaty you're wrong," etc.

Can't say I'm happy with it, but the US does tend to sound like my parents 
when I was a kid. You know: "it's for your own good!" and "it's in *your* 
best interest!".   :-(

<grmbl>


Jeroen

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