Originally posted by Mysti-ken:

You may not want to hear this and you may not believe it or you may not think it�s for me to say � but the way most of you seem to see yourselves as a nation is not the way the rest of the world sees you. And it�s not jealousy and it�s not because you�ve got what others want and can�t have and it�s not because of any mindless hatred, and it�s not because of cultural or religious differences.




Your post of course rings true...hypocracy, egocenticity, acid sarcasm, sanctamonious speech are as common here as the "short hand" of obsenities. We all have our weapons and flaws and it would be nice if they were checked at the door a little more often. Still, some good exchanges here and worth an occasional "wound".

There are parallels between consevatives and liberals and the U.S. and the E.U. Truely the world sees Americans at times in a less flattering light than we see ourselves but the opposite is true as well. I will say that going forward will be tough...American the war monger, Spain who's cowardice made them yield to terror, France that sold their honor for a buck, Germany the ungreatful, Russia that armed our enemy. All are steriotypes but they are pretty indelable at this point. Someone has to be the bigger man and extend the hand of friendship across the pond. Check the "weapons" at the door and open a dialog. Some good exchanges would be worth an occasional "wound".

We will see if "W" can do it.


1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760) "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." -Soren Kierkegaard (as posted by Jato)