I have often written _USAmericans_ in order to make the point that there are a number of other countries on the continent
L ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:16 PM Subject: Re: aarggh > [unhinged rant mode on] > > i would like the term "american" to be struck from any discussion > involving united statesians. i'm tired of this stupid, self-centered, > overblown egomaniac of a country running around promoting itself as > "america" (i refuse to "capitalize" it!). it is not america, america is > the continent that the european diaspora landed on, destroying much of the > indigenous population. and thank god the united states didn't devour the > whole of the continent! there are still a few buffer zones which may > protect some of what remaining value is left in the receding wild. but at > the same time, let's not let our loathing of nationalism make us forget > that there is a deeper disturbance in the force here, and that is the > untethered flow of capital and labor being wielded by multi-national > corporations, sans frontier, the world is becoming increasingly > class-based in place of the old nationalism. all you have to do to see > that is watch where the wealthy tourists go when they visit a city. they > go to the zones where their foreign class analogs go. the rainforest can > be destroyed by one nationality as well as any other when they're trying > to grab what they can to keep themselves propped up over and above the > unwashed others. if i have to watch another pinched smile handshake > between two suited "alpha males" as they join forces for [insert > destructive activity here, one of the best examples is probably real > estate "development"] i'm going to go down and register myself as a card > carrying member of the voluntary human extinction movement. these things > have been messed up and headed for disaster at least since before i was > born, and i can't stand to watch this blind idiot glee as these fucktards > drag what bit of hope for the world is left through this swamp of lies and > arrogance and violence and , oh goddamn it! i've just had enough of all > this shit! they are itchin' for a fight, and i'd like to goddamn give it > to them. you can't tell me that it's lost yet, but i realize the odds > (and the power, military, media, otherwise) is stacked against us. but > all they have to go on is duping the people and selling them fear. the > rest of us have our humanity and our OWN GODDAMN MINDS that operate as > freely as we're capable, which may not be much, having been raised in this > hell hole. > > anyone who hasn't noticed during the last few decades that the simulations > of our entertainment industries have become more and more programmed, more > and more formulized, more and more moralistic, well then you just haven't > been paying attention. darth vader and his henchmen ensconsed themselves > into power by taking our critical faculties away, piece by piece. and > then selling the docile masses a load of kool-aid. drink it up, YUM! > > go ahead and believe you're so fucking clever, right up to the point when > everything becomes unsustainably broken. we may be there already! > > happy hell on earth day! > > [unhinged rant mode off] > > phew.... i guess i feel ?better? > > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Ryan Whyte wrote: > > > now the 'intelligent design' debate is on in the US and something like > > 2/3rds of americans think creationism should be taught in schools; > > meanwhile, Bush wants to spend billions going to the moon to build roads > > there, as if the war and hurricane cleanup weren't costly enough and the > > gap between rich and poor not a shameful howling chasm. (not that canada > > is any better, today I read that we've decided to share nuclear technology > > with, wait for it...India, just as the liberals announce no new money for > > aboriginal health and communities. and we're just itching to ramp up trade > > with China, that bastion of freedoms). technofetishism and religion go > > hand in hand, and our leaders evidently wish to kill us all on the way to > > destroying our ability to reason. Michael Ignatief advises the democrats, > > possibly the most useless party in the history of mankind, not to talk > > down to religious folks. but that would require a saintliness I for one do > > not possess.... > > >
