tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post110814047346328952..comments2023-06-05T12:15:30.783+01:00Comments on East Ethnia: Modest contribution to the "anti-Americanism" debateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1108151685756426992005-02-11T19:54:00.000+00:002005-02-11T19:54:00.000+00:00It isn't clear to me how somebody could think that...It isn't clear to me how somebody could think that giving someone good service in a restaurant would get rid of them. When I get good service, I am so shocked that I am incapable of motion.Eric Gordyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743744653177736119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1108149654830600002005-02-11T19:20:00.000+00:002005-02-11T19:20:00.000+00:00Two quick points: I think the dek to Hilton's arti...Two quick points: I think the dek to Hilton's article -- and given that he's an editor at Open Democracy, he probably wrote it himself -- is misleading. "The United States is burdened with the pains, frustrations, and hatreds of the rest of the world" would certainly make one expect an exploration of anti-Americanism around the world, but frankly, I don't think there's a single example of non-American anti-Americanism (and even for American anti-Americanism he drops names and quick quotes rather than giving specific examples).<br /><br />The other thing, re: Eric's comment about personal experience, is that anything can be interpreted as anything -- see Hilton's anecdote: you get good service in Paris, it must be because they want to get rid of you. They want to get rid of you, must be because you're American.T K Vogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443120115121415471noreply@blogger.com