From: Tiberius Gracchus (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Sat Jun 30 2001 - 20:36:27 MDT
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 18:28:38 -0700, you wrote:
>Someone recently pointed out that Europeans would
>never rise to the near Nazi-level of anti-smoking
>hysteria that characterizes present-day America.
>
>(I hope that this isn't another thread-killing
>instance of Godwin's Law.)
>
>So can anyone explain why is it that Americans (and the
>English) get extreme about silly and unimportant things,
>while Europeans save their going nuts for profound and
>serious matters?
>
>Lee Corbin
Many of the people who migrated to North America from Europe hundreds
of years ago were more susceptible to religious fervor, and that
susceptibility was passed down culturally and/or genetically to us?
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