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From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: One for our side
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 10:24:43 EST
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> 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