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From: holroyd@dinl.uucp (kevin w. holroyd)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: chauvinism (was : Re: Discovery - UFO Close Encounter?)
Message-ID: <884@dinl.mmc.UUCP>
Date: 4 Apr 89 14:48:08 GMT
References: <7751@pyr.gatech.EDU> <10245@nsc.nsc.com> <7787@pyr.gatech.EDU> <368@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <7805@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: holroyd@dinl.UUCP (kevin w. holroyd)
Organization: Martin Marietta I&CS, Denver CO.
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In article <7805@pyr.gatech.EDU> ccoprmd@pyr.UUCP (Matthew T. DeLuca) writes:
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|I stand by my statement.  I did not say that the U.S. was the greatest nation 
|on earth, or the freest, just that we are the most advanced.  And we are.  
|Like I said in a previous posting, we have the largest infrastructure of any
|nation (this includes roads, bridges, dams, power distribution systems...), 
|we are the overall most technologically capable nation (yes, every nation
|has its strong points, and many nations are better at things than the U.S., 
|but overall, the U.S. is still on top (although not for long, if we don't 
|do something)), and we have a damn fine political system, to boot (not to 
|say that it's perfect...).  I say this to make a simple observation, not
|to denigrate other nations; I dislike American ethnocentrism quite a bit, 
|and try not to indulge in it myself (except in the case of France, whose
|government I have serious differences with).  But don't confuse simple facts
|with chauvinism, okay?

On the other hand, maybe the aliens would view the nation with the most 
numerous launch facilities/number of objects in orbit as the most advanced.
That leaves us (U.S.) on the primitive list again doesn't it??? ;^)

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