I forgot about Riverbend's spelling... Unique, and undoubtedly authentic.
I also have no doubt that the situation *is* as described in the letter included in the original post. I just doubt the authenticity of the source. We are concerned about the authenticity of the source, aren't we? Regarding the rest of your diatribe, "anti-americanism", et al., you've lost me.... "I'm not too worried by hegemony. I know the cadre will look after me" - Magazine, "Model Worker," 1978 Leigh Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Cosmic One To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [rhetoric-list] Fw: Letter from Iraq- "worse than Saddam" Here is one Iraqi that doesn't spell it that way. She spells it... Falloojeh http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ Leigh Meyers wrote: > This letter is touching... But people in the Middle East, > including aljazeera & al-ahram spell it "Falluja". > > The source of this letter is... ? Anti-Americanism has become a catch-all charge levied against anyone who engages in a radical critique of America's global power, its sway over the lives of billions who have no vote in US election. People rebel against US hegemony for the same reasons they rebelled against the dominance of earlier imperial powers, not out of a distaste for the culture of the rulers but out of an objection to undemocratic, unaccountable, self-serving rule by remote elites of whatever culture. A disbelief in the prerogatives or the beneficence of the American empire is not anti-American. Nor is it anti-American to be alarmed by features of US political culture, an alarm shared by many millions of Americans. http://www.cosmicrose.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XgSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhetoric-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
