riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (01/06/84)
Leaving aside Mike's unexplained equation of "left-leaning" thought with "intellectual subversion", we have the statement: >> We seem to be the only country whose 'intellectual leaders' >> don't like the country they live in. >> -- Mike Simpson msimpson@bbncca.UUCP If you define "liking" your country as "being entirely satisfied with the status quo" (the only definition of "like" by which this statement makes any sense), then I can't think of a single country whose "intellectual leaders" DO "like" the country they live in. ---- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.") {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle
msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson) (01/16/84)
*** 01/16/83 >> If you define 'liking your country' as being satisfied with the >> status quo, than I can't think of a single country whose >> intellectual leaders DO like the country they are in. >> -- Prentiss Riddle, ut-sally!riddle Well, one should probably not be simply satisfied with the status quo. (One can make a point that anyone satisfied with the status quo just isn't paying attention). But I was referring to is the fact that European intellectual leaders (French, British, West German, ... ), while they may be complain bitterly about government policies, at least do talk up their country. American intellectuals don't generally do this; they instead spend their time beating their breast and spouting 'mea culpa's for being American. -- Mike Simpson, BBN -- -- cheers, Mike Simpson, BBN msimpson@bbn-unix (ARPA) {decvax,linus,wjh12}!bbncca!msimpson (Usenet) 617-497-2819 (Ma Bell)