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From: greg@olivee.UUCP (Greg Paley)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Just one more Paris observation
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 14:17:11 EST
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> 
> Actually, I think that this is one of the better parts of Europe. In a
> lot of ways, I think that the good old USA is becoming a rather sterile
> and antispectic (sp?) place.  We seem to be trying to deny our contact
> with the natural world. (Even on children's TV, many of the cartoon
> heros are now machines instead of people.)  Accepting animals of a
> natural part of your environment is, in part, a recognition that your
> are part of nature yourself.  (Of course, if many people are driven
> to deny their natural selves by trying to completely hide their natural
> odors and pretend that they don't deficate, only "rest.")
> 

I think this is a good point, and is perhaps only the tip of an iceberg.
I've found repeatedly in dealing with Europeans that they tend to find
us Americans superficial and "glossed over".  I've also heard a number
of them make the observation that the sort of instant cameraderie we
affect actually seems detrimental to the formation of deeper friendships.
These are points that I've been hard put to argue.

	- Greg Paley/Olivetti ATC