Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed2.dti.ad.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!pd7tw1no.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 24.108.170.112 From: "Steph" Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.china,fj.life.in-japan References: hi-ho.ne.jp> <2n9sd.425227$nl.158291@pd7tw3no> <41b1635a.14925071@news> <41b202f9.12494155@news> <41b24617.7524189@news> <41b364c0.10498826@news> Subject: Re: Why do chinks hate japs and not brits? Lines: 48 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 07:55:28 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.64.223.206 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: pd7tw1no 1102319728 24.64.223.206 (Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:55:28 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:55:28 MST Organization: Shaw Residential Internet Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:23251 "Ernest Schaal" wrote in message news:BDD9A639.2DB57%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp... > in article 41b364c0.10498826@news, Michil? at micheil@shaw.ca wrote on > 12/6/04 4:45 AM: > >> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:26:25 +0900, Ernest Schaal >> wrote: >> >>> My goodness, you are a bigot. What makes you think that all >>> German-Americans >>> supported Hitler, or even most of them? >>> >> Listen to the average American talking about non-Americans - it's >> Adolf to the life! >> >> The idea that Americans are superior is a bad joke in poor taste. >> >> Michil? > > Actually, considering what I have read about British soccer fans, and > about > far right politics in Britain, neo-facism has a better chance in Britain > than it has in the States. > > As for Americans being "superior," I haven't been making that claim. I > made > the observation the States are more influential in the arts, in politics, > and in economics. Do you really think that Canada film industry can > compete > with Hollywood? Or even Bollywood or the Chinese film industry? Do you > really think that Canada is as strong a political power as the States? Do > you really think that Canada really has as much economic power as the > States? > > The United States is clearly more influential in the world of art, > politics, > and economics than Canada, but that does not necessarily make it > "superior." > I assume that the talk of superiority is from your feelings of self-doubt > as > to your own worth and the worth of your adopted land. > You confuse "bullying" and "influence"