Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 12:28:02 11/11/00
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On November 11, 2000 at 09:12:40, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On November 11, 2000 at 03:49:26, Mogens Larsen wrote: >>I don't think that is the case in general. They are envious of each other >>regarding different issues and especially different values. In many ways America >>has become, or have been for a while, the new paradigm of the world :o), where >>Europe is considered to be the old. > > >i think you shift the point of view. >america was the new world in the past, but the todays america looks >far away from beeing a NEW WORLD. it looks more like >like an old crusted structure. they have felt backwards IMO. > >>Some aren't to thrilled about that >>development, which results in strange behaviour by some as exhibited by TC. > >aha. > >>However, in this case the old paradigm contains values that are essential, so >>there's nothing to worry about. Most of the nation bashing comes from ignorance, >>envy and fear. > > >fear ? pah - i am neither black nor indian, also i don't need to eat their >fast-food. > >drinking tea is much better than coke. and instead of reading marvel-comics, >stephen king trash, i prefer reading european books. > >kuhn e.g. :-)) To you, the US is all popular culture. I have to believe that you think this way because it supports your political point of view, and because you are, if not a provicial German, at least a provincial European. If you visited here you wouldn't like it, but at least your reasons wouldn't be so stereotypical. You sound like someone would sound if they decided they didn't like Germany, based upon watching a whole bunch of episodes of Hogan's Heroes and a day spent at Yad Yashem. bruce >>Mogens.
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