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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: America-bashing
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Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 20:29:00 EDT
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>/* csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) /  4:59 pm  Jul  3, 1985 */

>Now most Americans don't feel SUPERIOR to Europeans outwardly, but the fact
>that they don't consider them important enough to study is somewhat
>presumptuous and implies superiority.

I disagree with this point.  Many Americans may indeed feel SUPERIOR to 
Europeans, but the fact that they don't consider them important enough to
study doesn't necessarily imply such feelings.

>Perhaps arrogance is to strong a
>word in this case, but ignorance applies and being ignorant "fools" is
>not a good image either.

It's not image that is important.  One can pin labels such as
ignorant on people, but if their ignorance has no adverse
consequences, people probably won!'t and shouldn't care.

>Charles Forsythe

						Mike Sykora