[fergus51]

Wow rncountry,
I was blown away by your post. It gave me a lot to think about. I think all countries do what you americans do. We all want to gloss over our own mistakes and punish others for theirs. Human nature I guess...

[cmggriff]

No, I don't feel the need to be punished either. Not for the sins of my fathers or those things I have done that some people might take exception to. I only wanted to point out the schism in thinking here and the apparent guilt Americans sometimes seem to feel. We often behave as if our deepest wish is to be thought well of by the rest of the world. In reality(at least in my own little reality) we don't give a damn what anyone else thinks. To quote Bill Murray in "Stripes", "We're a nation of mongrels and curs". I am just amused sometimes by the lengths some Americans go to to obscure that.
It was not my intention to incite a riotous backlash on the board. If I have offended anyone with my extremely personal opinions, I do sincerely apologize. Gary

[natalie]

Amen Helen. Jane Fonda was guilty of being young and stupid, like the rest of us. Atleast she got on national TV and apologized for it. Some of us would need one hour, uninterrupted, no-commercial specials devoted to apologizing for our youth.

[ June 19, 2001: Message edited by: natalie ]