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From: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson)
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Subject: Re: "Intellectual leaders"
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Date: Mon, 16-Jan-84 12:03:19 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 16 12:03:19 1984
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	>> If you define 'liking your country' as being satisfied with the
	>> status quo, than I can't think of a single country whose
	>> intellectual leaders DO like the country they are in.
	>>      -- Prentiss Riddle,  ut-sally!riddle

Well, one should probably not be simply satisfied with the status quo.
(One can make a point that anyone satisfied with the status quo just
isn't paying attention).  But I was referring to is the fact that 
European intellectual leaders (French, British, West German, ... ),
while they may be complain bitterly about government policies, at 
least do talk up their country.  American intellectuals don't generally
do this; they instead spend their time beating their breast and spouting
'mea culpa's for being American. 
			-- Mike Simpson, BBN
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			   Mike Simpson, BBN
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