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Re: OT Re: If the world could vote



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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