In a message dated 10/22/1999 12:30:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< What an important few centuries of history Boston has!!
Was anybody there before XVII c.?
>>
I've never understood this critique about America's newness... especially
form someone espousing / pretending a Mod perspective. Just because parts of
Europe, China, wherever, have petrified doggie dung, or medeival architecture
(very cool), does not say too much for that country's relevance or importance
at this point in time. Europe's pride & pomposity over it's history is a big
reason why the mass of innovations have come from elsewhere during the modern
age. (And why the annoying American-bashing is essentially sour grapes).
Nevertheless, I'm a hopeless Anglophile, Germanophile, Chinoiseaphile,
etc...and a lover of history.
Are you actually going to tell me that America / Boston has no place in
history? Would we really be better-off without electricity, transportation,
telecommunications, computers...oh, silly me, I forgot: America has only
contributed Coca-Cola and McDonald's.
