Am I the only one reading this list who thinks the piclist is turning into
a Usenet newsgroup? Last week it was Muslims, now it is americans who have
never been to asia and seen 'ugly americans' first-hand or heard of  the
book or even seen the Marlon Brando & Kukrit Pramot film. Interesting stuff
but NOT on the piclist.

I get the digest. More & more over the last 2 months I am doing PgDn about
2/sec. I am getting sick of it. I favour the list being moderated. I do not
apologise for suggesting it.

Opinions?




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>I wonder why the pejorative "ugly American" came into popular
>usage?  We are all "Americans", from the southern tip of Cape
>Horn to the northern most reaches of Ellesmere Island.
>
>Andy Kunz wrote:
><snip>
>> No, it's America, Canada, and Europe.  Just ask Yuengling's!  (For the
>> challenged, Molson's (I believe) just law a lawsuit trying to force
>> Yuengling to stop using the "Oldest Brewery in America" trademarked slogan
>> because their brewery in Canada was older.  The courts threw it out because
>> everybody knows that "America" means "USA" (in Olympic-ease).  How many
>> Canucks are going to claim to be Americans when some nut with a gun
>> highjacks their airplane?!)
>
>How many intelligent people anywhere would claim to be "American" if
>there
>was any other option.  Bill Clinton is about to drop bombs on Kosovo
>because
>they are fighting there.  Fighting for peace is analogous to fucking for
>virginity!



regards,  Peter

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