Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
| From | Russ |
| Date | 2002-05-16 01:13 (2002-05-16 01:13) |
| Message-ID | <20020515191314.23026.00001723@mb-mq.aol.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Conrad Dunkerson |
In article <viAE8.2360$D41.201318@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, "Conrad Dunkerson" <conrad.dunkerson@worldnet.att.net>writes:
Conrad DunkersonWe've touched on something here. OBL *thought* he could humiliate the US and force us to act the way he wanted. He basically made the very same mistake Tojo made in attacking Pearl Harbor and both actions show a great misunderstanding of the American psyche. We have a very different mentality than Europeans, notwithstanding our common roots and *they* don't even understand Americans.
"Flame of the West" <jsolinasNoSpam@erols.com>wrote in message news:3CE1E5DE.57801A72@erols.com...Look, you used the wrong word, and Russ and I called you on it, but you don't seem willing to admit you made a mistake. I have *never* heard Sept. 11 described as a "humiliation" before your post.I have. But only in the foreign press.
Seriously Morgil, it is completely alien to the 'American mindset' to view 9/11 as a 'humiliation'.
An 'outrage'? Yes. A 'tragedy'? Yes. An 'act of war'? Yes.
But not a 'humiliation'.
If a thug walks up to me on the street and shoots me I'm not gonna be happy about it... but I'm not going to feel humiliated either. The reaction is roughly analogous.
That said, given world perception of America as nearly invincible and (even moreso) believing in its own invincibility the view that it would be seen as a humiliation is understandable. Just not accurate.
Russ
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