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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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29 Oct 2003 04:17:46 AM |
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OT: Not all of us Americans are evil |
Not all of us Americans are evil
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1072897,00.html
Eric Schlosser
Wednesday October 29, 2003
The Guardian
I've spent time in Great Britain, on and off, for almost 30 years. And
I've seen first-hand how the British love-hate relationship with the
United States has changed during that period. It used to be that we
would take ***** from grumpy old Tories who hated rock music and viewed
Americans as being just slightly above Australians on the social
evolutionary scale. There was also no shortage of leftwing Laborites
who saw Americans as a personal embodiment of racism and
neo-colonialism and mindless consumerism. Things got pretty bad when
Ronald Reagan was president, calling the Soviet Union "the Great
Satan" and inspiring the camp-outs at Greenham Common. But even then,
a snide remark about American foreign policy was usually followed by a
compliment about some camping trip in the Rockies or a good bar in New
York. These days the compliments are in short supply. I can't remember
another time when having an American accent provoked as much immediate
hostility from Brits of every race, creed, class, and sexual
orientation. If you're an American, overseas, in the fall of 2003,
you've got a lot to answer for.
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