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To: S.C. Barnard who wrote (6071)	4/29/1999 9:47:00 PM
From: George Papadopoulos	Respond to of 17770

Stratfor is just now reporting explosions from downtown Belgrade, including residential areas hit along with a low acrid cloud hanging over the city.... This is sickening...

To: S.C. Barnard who wrote (6071)	4/29/1999 9:59:00 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 17770

I didnt mean to step on your toes, SC. But if you've ever been to Italy, or even Spain for that matter! you'd see what I mean. You can pick American tourists out of the crowd as easily as you can pick cockroaches out of a display of butterflies ;) I wasnt in any way intimating that I possessed the key of finery and sophistication. By all means, Im one of the tacky ones, unashamedly so. But I do know some of the "rules," and I do happen to cringe whenever I see a man with a "prole handle," that gap in the collar of a suit jacket that is improperly fitted. I've seen desperately poor Spaniards with better sense of style than most Americans. It is my observed opinion, and that is all I claim. Thats very interesting about your grandfather! You have a deserved right to be proud of his accomplishments. Which is something that you should be happy to know is a positive aspect of America. Europeans, historically, especially the European aristocracy who patronize the Arts, have looked down upon entrepeneurs and scientists alike, as being crassely "bourgeois" occupations. If Americans are tacky for their lack of an aristocracy, then Europe lacks a proper appreciation of productive minds for the existence of an aristocracy! Touche' Mssr. Gustave! ;)

To: S.C. Barnard who wrote (6071)	4/29/1999 11:07:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

As an effete intellectual, when I was younger many exchange students used to say that I did not seem particularly American. They meant it as a compliment, but I soon realized that I took offense, because a.) deep in my bones I am an American, even if I don't watch football and like fine art; and b.) I love my country; but finally c.) I like my countrymen, the rich array of them, especially "the huddled masses yearning to breath free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores", among whom were my ancestors, even my English ancestors, who came in the late 19th century. I might sometimes wish that they were better cultivated and educated, but I think they are pretty good as they are, most of them...