Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam Bridge said the following on 5/29/2004 1:08 PM: ... > No, Kim, these are NOT the reasons. In fact they aren't coupled to the reasons > for America's decline in sensitivity into a kind of depraved indifference. > > However much you want to put the blame on these blunderings of the current > administration they are merely exploitable symptoms of the American culture. > > You don't have to look far to see it: the profound sense of entitlement, casual > rudeness, thoughtless behavior and the inability to have any sympathy with > another's plight. ... These are not specifically American attributes. Read the history of the world for the last few thousand years. There may be some instances of national altruism -- but they are rare. -- Clive http://www.pbase.com/chmoss/root