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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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