Old Weird Ward
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Saturday, January 24, 2004
- - - - - What Americans Don't Have In Common With Each Other - - - - -
In response to an inquiry, Stephen Den Beste, Captain of USS Clueless, offers an insight to America and Americans that might be a pointer to an important part of our American character: Americans ARE different from each other, like to celebrate those differences, love to disagree with each other, and, somehow, manage to do all this without serious disagreements.
Really, it's true. Those differences, acknowleged and even celebrated, in a civil fashion, is one of the big things that makes America the greatest place in the world to live.
I've been to Canada, which is like America in this respect. I've been to Mexico, which is NOT like America or Canada. I've been to the Philippines, which is pretty tolerant. I've been to Japan, which tolerates foreigners, but is NOT tolerant. I've been to Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and Australia and New Zealand.
Only in America do we not care where you or your ancestors came from. If you're an American, living in America, you know this is true.
Ain't it cool?
See Den Beste's analysis HERE.
A quote:
"There is not a single substantive question you can ask about Americans or ask of Americans that you would find a single answer to. On any political question you'll find disagreement, and there is no single substantive characteristic we share as a people. The most important characteristic of Americans is that there is no such characteristic.
And for most of us, that is exactly what we like about ourselves as a nation and a people. It is that diversity, and that tolerance of diversity, which makes America different from any other nation. It is that diversity, and that tolerance of diversity, which we value in ourselves. It's what we call "the melting pot"."
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