Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!myers From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: One for our side Message-ID: <1606@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 10:24:43 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1606 Posted: Wed Oct 30 10:24:43 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 02:55:09 EST References: <973@decwrl.UUCP> <12580@rochester.UUCP> <1587@uwmacc.UUCP> <1385@ihlpg.UUCP> Organization: Ken Kopp's Fresh Seafood Tank Lines: 24 > ------ > Very little pisses me off more than the mindless anti-Americanism > (excuse me, anti-Unitedstatesism) of jeff m. Has it occurred to him that > there is no word in the English language for inhabitant of the United States > other than American. I can understand how Latin Americans and Canadians > might not like this, but it is a fact. I'll be damned if I'm going to > call myself a Unitedstatesian (ugh!). It is unfortunate that the same > word, American, has more than one meaning, but it takes someone like jeff m. > to convert this into a sign of US hegemony over the West. Spare us. > -- > Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan Sorry, Bill, just pointing out a feeling that's out there. You can choose to ignore it if you prefer, but it won't go away. US invasion or occupation of various Latin American countries tends to breed ill will. Nicaragua, occupied by Marines, 1912-1933 Guatemala, invaded by CIA sponsored contras, 1954, overthrowing the elected Arbenz government Cuba, 1963, Bay of Pigs Dominican Republic, 1968, elected government deposed by US military Chile, 1970-1973, CIA sponsoring of counter-revolutionary activities Puerto Rico, 1968-present, Navy occupation and bombardment of the island of Vieques, destroying fish and other national resources