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BTW, stormy, the irony of this spat of yours is that Gaianne, who set this off, is American herself.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 04:32:03 PM EST
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:)  Hehe.  I do realize that....  But Americans don't get a free pass when it comes to making generalizations, even about ourselves.  It doesn't matter if we're from Michigan, Madrid or Mars!
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 04:55:55 PM EST
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I don't think she meant to make a generalisation (because I don't think she includes herself in that characterisation of behaviour), just used generalising language, which can be misunderstood all too easily.

BTW, I once got a letter published in Newsweek in which I blasted them for generalising language. (And the crooks re-edited some words central to my points.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 05:16:08 PM EST
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I think the media should be taken to task for it a lot more often.  But then, I guess on the list of things we have to complain about regarding the media, that may not even be in the top five...
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 06:04:50 PM EST
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