That is the beauty of having a stong, clear opinion about something, it provides a target to throw darts at.

The comments to the original Post article are entertaining, looks like nearly everyone found something to bitch about.

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On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Stephen Thompson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    I agree all publications have cultural biases.  However, if Mr.
    Woodard is of
    British Isles descent, then he by definition doesn't have cultural
    biases on this
    subject matter.  Its about the settlement of North America by
    mostly the English.
    Though to be fair there are French, German, African, and First
    Nation peoples
    he discusses.

    What particular biases does he show to which you object?
    I am of British and German descent so I wouldn't necessarily
    recognize those
    biases.

    StephT



    On 11/9/2013 10:58 AM, Gary Schiltz wrote:

        Whose writing is not colored by their cultural biases? I
        didn't find it to be so slanted that I'd consider it to be
        "tainted," but maybe that's my own cultural bias in play. It
        seemed pretty reasonable to me.  But then, I haven't read the
        book itself.

        Gary

        On Nov 9, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Parks, Raymond <[email protected]
        <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

            The concept is tainted by the cultural biases of the author.


            ----- Original Message -----
            From: Steve Smith [mailto:[email protected]
            <mailto:[email protected]>]
            Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:27 PM
            To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
            <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
            Subject: [EXTERNAL] [FRIAM] 11 American Nations

            An alternative view to the (I can't help but hear it in
            Dr. Suess'
            cadence) Red-State Blue-State version of Murrica. I don't
            agree with
            it in detail but in sweeping generalizations (5.5x less
            general than
            red/blue?) it captures what I know our cultural "melting
            pot" to be
            crufted into:

            
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/08/which-of-the-11-american-nations-do-you-live-in/


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