Man, hasn't the British culture conditioned your ass correctly. Time
to come correct..
>1. "The 'I wanna be English' Americans are the funniest of the lot..... I'm
>always meeting American 'mods' who tell me how much they hate America
and how much nicer it is to be in London.........."
Seriously how can you not expect these types of comments.. I even
made these comments when I was visiting London. Not because I had
this weird sensation to be British.. It was an expression and a
statement I came to after evaluating my life in America and comparing
it to a hypothetical life in England. Paul.. lets take a test and
see what we find out..
Why would John want to move to England
1. More people were probably shot within a 6 block radius of my house
in Brooklyn New york then of all of London last year.
2. A block from my house a women answered her door and was shot in
the face. A crack addict robbed her of like 100 dollars.. Did I
mention that I live in an area known for high rent and yuppies?
3. I haven't had sufficient health insurance for close to a year now.
4. We can go on and on..
>......... Nothing you can say will ever convince me that 'white American
>culture' deserves any merit whatsoever. Actions speak louder than words.
We deserve no merit.
Gosh how the hell did American Culture build the largest and
strongest economy and country in the world? Where did that Internet
start? How many musical acts have we given you.. Wait, what war did
thousands of Americans die in just to save your Island from invasion.
Who rebuilt London? (Cough ack cough.. thats a hard one to swallow I
know.. but come on.. our taxes in someway rebuilt your damn city.)
I mean I can understand bashing American culture.. Its just like a
bunch of employees at a firm bashing the CEO.. But fucking hell.. do
some homework and come to a realistic conclusion and not some stupid
ass, arrogant stick up your ass british assessment on how Everyone
wants to be BRITISH.
You consume our products, consume our music, consume our
entertainment, consume our movies, and ultimately consume our culture
every waking days of your lives.
You really give more credit to yourself and how cool you think your
culture is rather then the real world concerns of people who are
actually living in America who deal with all the shit that comes with
being in america every day.
I think the main reason why many American's get caught up in
Anglophilism.. (me being a perfect example) is that we have visited
Europe and England. We feel as though your lifestyle is much more
relaxing and fun then our native life styles. After all we work
longer hours then most of Europe and studies who we tend to be a lot
more stressed out then you. We try to bring back the influences of
Europe to America in order to enjoy living in America more then we
did prior to visiting Europe.
I guess all I ask for is a realistic approach to this question and
not such a cunt like "We are so cool you all want to be us. you are
so dumb" answers everyone seems to give right away..
I don't speak for all Amerians but thats just how I feel..
john
>
>American with no "Merit"
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Secular [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 6:21 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: I ain't bothered...
>
>
>I know I'm better than everyone else on the list so I don't care WHAT
>you say about me...
>
>I may not buy much soul - but I spend money going out dancing a lot - so
>I've heard a fair bit of soul.
>For the price of one record you can go out dancing numerous times and
>hear many more songs.
>You see what I mean?
>
>Also - I have actually *seen* these creatures known as 'northern
>soulies' cos - as mentioned - I've crept into a couple of all-nighters -
>so I'm not talking COMPLETELY from stereo-types... (!!!)
>
>Anyway - as to record buying - I'm after RnB/jazz more than soul - cos
>it's (on the whole) better (certainly than a lot of Northern anyway)!
>
>I'm currently really diggin' Sonny Boy (no 1), Billie Holiday, Ethel
>Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Mose Allison, and of course Bo
>Diddley..
>
>As to America!!
>......... Nothing you can say will ever convince me that 'white American
>culture' deserves any merit whatsoever. Actions speak louder than words.
>
>The 'I wanna be English' Americans are the funniest of the lot..... I'm
>always meeting American 'mods' who tell me how much they hate America
>and how much nicer it is to be in London..........
>They make an attempt to absorb these English things - but it's so sad!!
>You see all these Americans trying to 'dress up' as mods... it's
>hilarious!!!!!!! Saw one just last night! Fitted the stereotype so
>perfectly!
>
>Of course I'm not saying that theoretically Americans can't be mods -
>but I haven't actually met any yet!
>
>Addio!
>Paul
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