> This is perhaps meant to be just a light-hearted discussion but I'm > starting to see it as a way of complaining about Americans, in the guise > of cleverness and extreme PC-ness, and it's getting on my nerves now.
Personally, I don't like assigning any titles or lables to myself. I prefer to just be. But if I have to say where I'm from, I would most likely say I am an American. As far as whether or not I'm entitled to designate myself as an American, I could really care less. In my opinion, naming myself an American, indicates nothing at all about me except that I live in or am from one of the 50 states. It doesn't say anything about how I perceive other countries, or the people from those countries, or how I view the United States in relation to anything. And if its taught in US history classes that there are seven continents, then it makes complete sense that the NY Times considers Argentina to be from a different continent. Why wouldn't they? IMO, political correctedness is one of the worst things that ever cropped up in this country or anywhere for that matter. The most important thing is that people find some common ground on which to relate. Why does it matter what they call themselves? Victor an American, and a deadhead, and jmdlr, and muppetfreak, and a former metalhead "Up the Irons!"....and a scrabble freak as well --- Victor Johnson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Roses wait for the springtime, They sleep beneath the ground. They hear March winds a callin' For the sun to come around."vlj Visit http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson
