Which flavor....nationalism? We fuck up a lot of things, but we got many more things right. American exceptionalism is just fine by me. My country is exceptional. If that be an ideology...i can live with that.
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > I don't feel guilty about anything. I simply don't like that flavour > of ideological bs. > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:43 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> According to the OECD again the US in some ways is less free than many > >> in the top 10 nations. In terms of educational attainment, Canadian, > >> British, Australian, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish kids have the pretty > >> much the same distractions. > >> > >> What is American Exceptionalism but an ideology justifying any matter > >> of abuse. It was this exceptionalism that justified the slaughter of > >> natives from the 1790's through to 1900. Its been used to excuse > >> intervention in Central and South America. For many, when they hear > >> the phrase American Exceptionalism they look for a bomb shelter. > >> > > > > That's cool. I'm glad there are Americans....oh wait...you're not an > > American....i'm glad there are people....living in this country who feel > > guilty about it. That's probably good. As for me...i'm livin' good, > lovin' > > America. And i'm not going to apologize for it. > > > > Bombs away! > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
