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RE: Cultural imperialism, in the raw

I don't know why you're so surprised. Your typical enlistee is not the most highly educated and worldly individual. -----Original Message----- From: Kendall Clark [mailto:kendall-4GNy1lrxftmrG/iDocfnWg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:39 AM To: bonobos-4GNy1lrxftmrG/iDocfnWg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Bonobos] Cultural imperialism, in the raw >From the latest Harper's Weekly, Another soldier was unimpressed with the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham. "I've been all the way through this desert from Basra to here and I ain't seen one shopping mall or fast food restaurant," he told a British reporter. "These people got nothing. Even in a little town like ours of 2,500 people you got a McDonald's at one end and a Hardee's at the other." Who cares about the *cradle of civilization* when there's no Hardee's? That simply leaves me *speechless*. Kendall Clark _______________________________________________ Bonobos maillist - Bonobos-4GNy1lrxftmrG/iDocfnWg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://monkeyfist.com/mailman/listinfo/bonobos

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Re: Cultural imperialism, in the raw

On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 09:26:40AM -0600, Bornstein, Jack C [GMG] wrote: > I don't know why you're so surprised. Your typical enlistee is not the most > highly educated and worldly individual. First, who said I was surprised? I'm sickened, disgusted, revolted, nauseated, revulsed, agitated, disturbed, and brought low. But, sadly, not surprised. Second, you assume that "another soldier" is an elistee, but there's no evidence for that assumption. He or she might be a graduate of one of the service academies. I mean, it's not like the upper echelons of the military are full of the sort of people who would rather do anything than go to another country and kill strangers... As Spielberg never tired of pointing out in Schindler's List (to take one recent, well-known example), being a "highly educated and worldly individual" is perfectly consonant with inflicting horrible evil and madness upon others. Kendall Clark On Tue, Apr 1, 2003, Kendall Clark wrote: > >From the latest Harper's Weekly, > > Another soldier was unimpressed with the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, > the birthplace of Abraham. "I've been all the way through this desert > from Basra to here and I ain't seen one shopping mall or fast food > restaurant," he told a British reporter. "These people got nothing. Even > in a little town like ours of 2,500 people you got a McDonald's at one > end and a Hardee's at the other." > > Who cares about the *cradle of civilization* when there's no Hardee's? That > simply leaves me *speechless*. > > Kendall Clark

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>From the latest Harper's Weekly, Another soldier was unimpressed with the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham. "I've been all the way through this desert from Basra to here and I ain't seen one shopping mall or fast food restaurant," he told a British reporter. "These people got nothing. Even in a little town like ours of 2,500 people you got a McDonald's at one end and a Hardee's at the other." Who cares about the *cradle of civilization* when there's no Hardee's? That simply leaves me *speechless*. Kendall Clark

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I don't know why you're so surprised. Your typical enlistee is not the most highly educated and worldly individual. -----Original Message----- From: Kendall Clark [mailto:kendall-4GNy1lrxftmrG/iDocfnWg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:39 AM To: bonobos-4GNy1lrxftmrG/iDocfnWg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Bonobos] Cultural imperialism, in the raw >From the latest Harper's Weekly, Another soldier was unimpressed with the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham. "I've been all the way through this desert from Basra to here and I ain't seen one shopping mall or fast food restaurant," he told a British reporter. "These people got nothing. Even in a little town like ours of 2,500 people you got a McDonald's at one end and a Hardee's at the other." Who cares about the *cradle of civilization* when there's no Hardee's? That simply leaves me *speechless*. Kendall Clark _______________________________________________ Bonobos maillist - Bonobos-4GNy1lrxftmrG/iDocfnWg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://monkeyfist.com/mailman/listinfo/bonobos