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Re: Kissing heinie at its finest
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Tue, 13 May 2003 15:28:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3018367.stm
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> We can 'look down' on the French or (insert your 'picked-on' country of
> choice--Italy has had a few jokes at its expense) for decades, but woe unto
> us who find the arrogance of the US contemptable.
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> Did, and does the US still contribute a whole bunch of 'good' to the world?
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> Absolutely.
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> Did the US, along with the other "Alled" countries, liberate Europe from a
> tyrannical dictator?
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> Yes.
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> Does this mean that the US should be exempt from scrutiny?
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> Absolutely not.
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> And hence the "Hey, you're under the microscope". The US has been given a
> 'bye' for years because there was equilibrium amongst the countries. Now
> that there is one "superpower", and this superpower now seems to be willing
> to use its power to coerce others into compliance, I think that, well, maybe
> there might, on the oft-chance, be a wee bit'o backlash and "anti-Americanism".
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> Suck it up. If you want the spotlight, we'll notice your tux-'n-tails, but
> we'll also notice that your fly's undone or your shoelace is untied.
Too often calling people "anti-American" is just a way for the intellectually
lazy to counter critics. It's much easier than [say] justifying some aspects of
the war on terrorism or why WOMD have not been found yet.
That fact that some of the USA's biggest critics are American is irrelevant!
It's the same for Israel; its critics are often called anti-Semitic [or if they
are Jewish they are called "self hating Jews"].
Scott A
> Dave K
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| (...) What is funny is the one thing that my brother in law, who live in England, and I have in common is French jokes. Contempt for the French and their arrogance seems to be a great unifier among nations. (...) Those two things are true, and (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (URL) can 'look down' on the French or (insert your 'picked-on' country of choice--Italy has had a few jokes at its expense) for decades, but woe unto us who find the arrogance of the US contemptable. Did, and does the US still contribute a whole (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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