Philip Winestone wrote:-
<<"...accurate TV portrayal of the base character of too many
Americans..." Now there's an interesting oxymoron - "accurate TV
portrayal". You need to get out and see life a little more.>>
The sister of my step son's wife has just come out of the British Army after
serving in Iraq until a few weeks ago. We had dinner with her two days ago.
She was seriously unimpressed at the morals or education or basic "niceness"
of too many US grunts even compared to the Brit grunts - she was scared at
the spoken motivations of some US officers. I have been to American BBQs and
heard the drunken deeper beliefs of too many Yanks. I lived in America for
three months meeting people from all over America. Those with uber faith
and/or patriotism are dangerous and there are too many of them who claim "my
country, right or wrong". In the sixties the opposition used to say "my
country, right or wrong - when right, to be kept right - when wrong, to be
put right".
<<Look, I'm not American, but I resent that crap. There are nice Americans
and not-so-nice
Americans>>
It's not crap, sadly. As I said elsewhere, we are necessarily writing in
shorthand. Your response shows that you are responding to a logical fallacy.
You appear to believe that I said that all Americans are rubbish and you are
pointing out that not all are. Clearly, there are many who are educated,
historically aware and against what your Government has done, and is still
doing. As the US claims to be a democracy, this means that the majority
will of the people has and is being served by this long term selfish messing
about with the world. Go and figure out if I am wrong when I slate "too many
Americans" - count them for yourself.
