From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Nov 24 2002 - 19:09:52 MST
In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:29:56 PM Central Standard Time,
asa@nada.kth.se writes: yes, the US is capitalist and uncultured, but it is
not the taliban.
You know I think that one statement sort of sums up the rest of your
email. You may not know this but some of our earlier poets and some of the
European visitors remarked on the Americans being a new and better kind of
people. I don't know of my own knowledge if that is true or not.
But I do suspect there is a gulf between us that is wider than the
Atlantic Ocean that seperates us physically
If I read you correctly you are willing to assist us against the Al
Qaeda if we let you run the show. Is this correct? How many front line
soldiers would you contribute if we allowed you to take over? Any?
You are willing accept our 3,000 dead but you want to describe us as
uncultured. Is that for morning our dead? Is that because we are so gauche
as to love one another? We are willing to give you credit for the artists
you have, the museums, & the Universities but tell me do you know the rough
ratio of college grads in Europe and in the US? Do you know the number of
symphonys per capita. How about the museums? How many of the great
Universities are over there compared to the ones we have? If you are such
cultured genuises how come we can't turn out our low brow music fast enough
to supply you? I don't know the answers to these questions but I have heard
it said that at the time of our revolution we had more college grads per
capita in Boston than existed in any major city in the world. I know we have
came a long way and we haven't stopped yet. It seems to me that we give
credit to you for what you do good but too many of your people walked around
in a stuffed shirt and a puffed up attitude. You recognise correctly that we
have hillbillies but you over look your own Alp Apes -- believe me we see
both very clearly.
Sorry if I have blasted off at you but I am getting a little tired of
European airs. We lost about 3000 people because we were supposedly
insufficiently religious in the eyes of some barbarians. About all we have
heard from the Europeans is a put down of our country. I can't speak for
others but so far as I am concerned you Europeans can either fish, cut bait
or get off the bank. As W put it you are either on our side or you are
against us -- I am rapidly getting the idea where you stand.
Ron h.
BTW, I often speak of being part Cherokee. I have seen the Europeans that
came here and the ones that stayed home. Believe me, we got the best on that
deal. <G> Seriously, looking at the bulk of what you have written and the
respect others have shown you, you seem like not only a decent guy but a
capable one as well. Come on over and spend some time, you will like it.
We always have room for one more good one.
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