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--Doug -- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to let Doug know the US is not the only bastion of idiots: > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96949439 > Bigotry, apparently, is not uncommon in Europe. > > I was surprised by Julian Bond's statement. He's both insightful and > knowledgeable. > "The big difference here is that the United States has been thinking > about and dealing with race since we were founded. These countries in Europe > are relative newcomers to the conversation about race. They are much less > familiar with confronting their own bigotry." Bond adds, "I have always > thought that European countries are more bigoted than the U.S." > > I recall considering leaving the US after Bush was elected. I thought > about the problems I'd seen in Italy and elsewhere, and decided that there > just might be as many problems outside the Bubba infested US as in. > > I think of Europe as being more sophisticated, certainly in lifestyle. But > then my sampling is biased. But if I think of my friends here, I see the > same sophistication. Hard for me to say if Bond has it right. > > I'd be interested in our European Friamers observations. > > -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
