The Brits suck anyway. Except for the Beatles. :)
--- On Wed, 11/5/08, SP Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net> wrote:
From: SP Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net>
Subject: Re: OT Re: If the world could vote
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 4:24 AM
Having lived in England for over eight years now I can easily tell you that many
here hate America no matter who is President.
> My experiences mirror yours. To the credit of most ex-US areas they
distinguish between US people and US government. I am pondering from a
phenomenological point of view why we are concerned about other countries'
opinions while others could care less about ours (and I've seen this first
hand especially when the Soviet Union fell apart where I heard on more than one
occasion "Your opinion about who we elect means nothing-this is our
country", and seen it in Spain, Britain, Germany and France)
>
> Perhaps, because in the world's timeframe we're still new kids on
the block, so to speak, so we want other's approval?
>
> it's just a curious US phenomenon...
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gallaher"
<micdave@hiwaay.net>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:48 PM
> Subject: RE: OT Re: If the world could vote
>
>
>> I don't know how much you've traveled abroad, but from my
limited
>> experience, I can tell you that the last eight years have made many
>> people--who previously admired America--fearful and distrustful of
America.
>> Those in Europe who either remember or have families who suffered
through
>> the 1930s and 40s are especially sensitive to seeing one person or
small
>> group of persons get too much concentrated power in a great
industrialized
>> state. When I was in Italy in 2005, an older gentleman who spoke
English
>> asked me over coffee one morning: "Did your country not learn
the lessons
>> of World War II?"
>>
>> dave
>>
>>
>> Sure, but that's my point. I'm speaking from a
>> cultural/anthropological/phenomenological perspective. We teach our
kids
>> to do what they think is right and not worry about what others think.
We
>> live our lives as artists flipping the proverbial bird at many and
doing our
>>
>> thing regardless of reviews. Yet in national politics we need to be
>> loved....Very few countries in the rest of the world show concern to
what
>> the rest of the world thinks of their candidates. Just an
observation...
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick"
<ParadoxQuine@gmail.com>
>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: If the world could vote
>>
>>
>>> well, it'd be nice to not elect someone who will make the rest
of the
>>> world hate us, wouldn't it?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:50 PM, <mike@michaelplishka.com>
wrote:
>>>> Why is there a fascination in the US about wondering who the
rest of the
>>>> world would want?
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <phaslem@wightman.ca>
>>>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 5:32 PM
>>>> Subject: If the world could vote
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't count towards anything, but it is
interesting to see what
>>>>> folks
>>>>> around the world would like to see happen in this
election.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can vote too - just click on the red "VOTE"
tab on the left side of
>>>>> the screen.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul Haslem
>>>>> www.dulcify.ca
>>>>> Ontario, Canada
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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