Americans are not unique in the World - zealots come in all races, creeds, nationalities. The only reason people bring this stuff up is because it's easy to pick on Americans. As far as I'm concerned we live in the greatest country the World has ever known. And, because of our freedoms, we have incidences that we are not all proud of but we accept it along with our freedoms.
I just read an interesting article regarding the UK: POLICE have been banned from saying "nitty-gritty" in the most bizarre case yet of crazy political correctness. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,5-2002221548,00.html So, I guess we can also write an article on "What's so dumb about The United Kingdom" as well. Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:26 AM Subject: RE: What's So Great About America > > How about one "What's so dumb about America" > > For example, someone started an on-line petition to change the name of > LOTR 2 from Two Towers as they thought it was offensive after Sept 11 > > Maybe they should look and see that Tolkein wrote the original book > about 50 years ago and called it that... > > Some Americans are just too touchy about things and think that anything > with "Towers" in it is offensive against the event > > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > www.aspmedia.co.uk > www.aspevents.net > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
