On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:40:29 +1300, JJD <jefdrab@newsguy.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:13:04 +0000, T N Nurse
><tnnurseNOUCE99@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> >American Culture?
>>> >Oh you mean the green stuff that grows on a big Mac if you leave it
>>> >uncovered for a few days?  that's the closest thing to culture that America
>>> >will ever have.
>>> 
>>> Oh that's brilliant. Do tell, what ultra-cultured, sophisticated,
>>> genteel country do YOU hail from that you can be making such
>>> broad-brush, not to mention puerile remarks?
>>
>>Australia, by the looks of things.
>
>I say, steady on when speaking of the colonies.  Remember the wars and
>all that.
>
>JJD

Yes, which brings us full circle back to what I believe to be the true
motivation behind the original comments on the "lack" of American
culture: jealousy and lingering bitterness.

America is fortunate to have a unique and wonderful culture made from
the cultural qualities of almost every other place on earth thanks to
it's many immigrants. You can shove your anti-Americanism.