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To: LLCF who wrote (169748)	6/3/2002 6:18:51 AM
From: Oblomov	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

I'd like to understand how such a survey was fairly conducted, rather than accept it simply because it confirmed my prejudices. Europeans time and again underestimate the Americans. Consider Goebbels' words: Is it any surprise that a cunning and demagogic leadership can do what it wants with a nation of such an educational level? At a time when U.S. forces experience one defeat after another and its ships sail the world's oceans only at the risk of death, they naively announce that they are producing a million victory medals for American soldiers to wear as a sign of their worth when they occupy Germany. . . . Machines are a means to an end, not an end in themselves. As much as we appreciate the achievements of modern civilization and use them to improve life, we know that they are not the sole meaning of life. . . . We are not impressed by American big talk and orgies of numbers. We know well enough that the trees do not grow as high as heaven on the other side of the Atlantic either. What "We" was he talking about? The German people gratefully accepted the terms of the peace, and the reparations given under the Marshall Plan. But then, that was long ago. Every gain by the US, the Europeans attribute to mere cunning and abandonment of ancient rules of honor. Every loss is attributed to innate stupidity and vulgarity. It is a trite belief system, hardly provable, and very limiting. This cultural posturing is still a common attitude among university-educated Europeans.