[kj] The american idiot

[ade]

Idiots are EVERYWHERE - common human trait !

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Bette Dillinger
Sent: 09 October 2008 23:34
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] The american idiot


"I learnt a while ago that whilst i may speak a similar language to an
Alex, culturally we are far removed and i notice that state to state
as you can here from each european country."
 
I could not agree more with this statement.  There is a distinct difference between even Michigan and Wisconsin.  I also think there is a bizarre narcissism when I hear a bunch of Americans lamenting the dearth of intelligence in their fellow Americans, but at the same time I feel bad because well, there are many cases to validate this....like what went down this last week.  But are these focused on to make us less trusting in our fellow countrymen?  Dunno.  With our history of anti-intellectualism and the rewards given to the greatest meglomaniacs, it is a distorted picture we are forced to view over and over and over.  
 
Bette



> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:48:30 +0100

> From: pmdavies at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: [kj] The american idiot

> 

> i know what Alex is saying but i dont really buy into that. I only

> need to walk into some of the neighbourhoods to see the same ignorance

> in any town in any country so the trait is not exclusive.

> 

> I was in Arkansas of all places just prior to the invasion of Iraq. I

> had many conversations and whilst a few refferred to payback for 9/11,

> most were better versed in the background of the conflict that it is

> sometimes portrayed. Then again there were some who'd shoot anything

> that looked like a threat and i doubt if anyone would ever find the

> body in that neck of the woods.

> 

> I also find in LA and when i was in San Fransisco a great wealth of

> opinion, understanding and debate. Of course peoples are led in

> general by the way that the media is presented to them and when an

> enemy is identified there's always a groundswell to attack it. No one

> ever summated it better that Orwell imho.

> 

> in the early 80's i talked a lot with little annie who was clear that

> she couldnt stand the american idiot and was living in europe to

> escape it. Whilst i havent discussed it with her recently, i feel her

> views have changed from that perspective and latterly her 9-11 support

> activities have had a great effect on her.

> 

> I learnt a while ago that whilst i may speak a similar language to an

> Alex, culturally we are far removed and i notice that state to state

> as you can here from each european country.

> 

> and i missed last weekend because of illness....gggrrrrrrrrrr

> 

> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 

> >

> > Americans, by and large, are idiots. Sad but true.

> >

> > Alex in NYC

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