In my oppinion being proud of your country is why makes wars possible. I think maybe concern for staving children in Africa is more constructive than national pride, but that's just my oppinion.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 7:06 AM Subject: RE: The Anti Terrorism Act.. > > I don't understand the opinions of a lot of Americans.... > > Americans seem to have a major superiority complex. All this > > talk about 'heroes 'war' and patriotic ramble. Anyone could > > be forgiven for thinking America was not a lot different from > > other empires of the past like ancient Rome etc... Seems to > > me Americans believe their life is more valuable than the > > lives of other humans around the globe. > > Why is it that other countries are allowed to be proud of themselves, > but when we are, it's a supiority complex? I happen to think America is > the best country in the world. Does that mean I'm crazy or feel that I'm > superior? No, it just means I'm proud of my country. Sure, I'm biased. > Don't tell me the French don't think France is the best, or the Germans, > etc, etc. > > > I'm struck by the American media as well. If only the average > > American could see the media from an outside perspective an > > realise how much america (and by way of cultural imperialism, > > the rest of the world) is being completely propagandised > > (like I have never seen as extreme before). The whole good > > and evil debate. You know how many people GW pissed off when > > he used the word 'crusade' in his rhetoric? How offensive > > must that have been to people of the Islamic faith (given > > That's too bad. So, let me get this straight... because of the Crusades, > we can't use the word "crusade" any more? That's almost as bad as the > people complaining about the "Infinite Justice" code word. Give me a > break. > > > history). Maybe our so called advanced civilisation really > > isn't that different from the dark ages of the crusades... We > > don't read anymore, we are incapable of forming independent > > opinions, all we do is consume (which is the measure of our > > worth) and we boil complex international politics down to > > simple binaries philosophies because we are incapable of > > seeing a more complex reality in which we aren't as innocent > > as we make ourselves out to be. In short, we are reactionary > > and are motivated by our emotions (fuelled by the media which > > feeds on our fear). I really think that the so called > > american 'way of life' is just a guise for maintaining > > western luxuries at the expense of the rest of the world. > > Now here you have some good points. I do think people too often take the > easy way out... ie, it's simpler to take the media's news w/o > questioning it fully. I'd be willing to bet, however, that this has been > a human frailty in all cultures... well, those cultures that were > powerful and rich, which we are ... I'm not saying that makes us better, > I'm just saying that this has an impact on how we see the world. > > -RC > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
