Subject:
|
Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Thu, 6 Sep 2001 17:42:26 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1371 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Greg Perry writes:
>
> > And don't forget to thank your god for America being there during the "Big
> > One" so that now instead of goose-stepping around while sporting funny
> > little mustaches your country can rather concern itself with where Prince
> > Willie's Willy is being stuck and whether or not you can keep the citizens
> > or your occupied territories from hurling grenades into crowds of school
> > children.
>
> Greg:
> That is the type of comment that frequently--and not always
> incorrectly--elicits charges of bigotry or at least misguided nationalism.
> Obviously, I have no idea of the true nature of your real-world feelings,
> but the tenor of your statements in this debate illustrate pretty clearly
> the perception that the US is great (or at least the world's anti-Nazi
> saviors) and that other nations, arbitrarily chosen, are inferior.
I agree with the whole point of your note, Dave. But I'm wondering if you
really disagree with the Greg's implied stance about the role of the US staving
off Germany during WWII.
I don't really get off on the US' role in the war, but my analysis does seem to
suggest that the Germans would have more substantially dominated Europe (and by
extension, the world) without the US to counter. I once read an analysis that
if Hitler had kept us out of things long enough to capture Gibraltar, he would
have basically won (or some facsimile thereof).
Chris
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
|
| (...) I have to confess that my WWII knowledge is somewhat less than exhaustive. However, while I don't deny the importance of the US role, it's tricky to say (although Greg has now clarified that he was being sarcastic) that the US "saved" Europe, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
|
| (...) Greg: That is the type of comment that frequently--and not always incorrectly--elicits charges of bigotry or at least misguided nationalism. Obviously, I have no idea of the true nature of your real-world feelings, but the tenor of your (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
103 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
