[kj] Re: Gathering Digest, Vol 13, Issue 58

Alexander Smith vassifer at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 20 09:26:01 EST 2005


"Don't get me wrong, if someone has pride in their country, that's good 
for them."

....and, often times, bad for others.

Blind, blinkered nationalism is ridiculous no matter what flag you're 
draped in.

Alex in NYC

On Sunday, February 20, 2005, at 05:27 AM, Kevin Marion wrote:

> As our last elections showed here in the US that the
> country is very seperated.  Part of the country
> (coastal states with higher populations of diverse
> culture) lost against the other part (states that are
> primarily white and follow the christian religion).
>
> Don't get me wrong, if someone has pride in their
> country, that's good for them.  I take pride in
> something of more substance, like my children,
> thoughts, and music.  Ah well, to each his own, I
> guess.
>
>
> - Kevin M.
>
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:07:45 -0000
> From: "Juliet Pleming" <pricepleming at tiscali.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: [kj] OT : FY2006 Defense Budget
> To: "'iPat'" <pmdavies at gmail.com>,	"'A list about all
> things Killing
> 	Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>
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>
> I agree. It is sad to think that this is the way a lot
> of ignorantly
> isolated people probably do think. I was only young
> when I lived in the
> States but even then I noticed how completely ignorant
> and Americentred
> a lot of those people are. They are so unexposed to
> any other way of
> thinking, and most of them believe the world was
> created in seven days
> or some silly story like that, which just goes to show
> how bloody
> gullible they can be. That is not to diss Americans as
> individuals
> because there are many who are intelligent and do make
> an effort to
> think for themselves.
>
> It would be interesting to hear from the people on
> this site who REALLY
> live in America, as opposed to the person who pretends
> to live in
> America, although that could be interesting too.
>
> Juliet
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
> On Behalf Of iPat
> Sent: 17 February 2005 11:47
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT : FY2006 Defense Budget
>
> it would be funny but for the fact there are many who
> actually believe
> that is true.
>
>
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