Re: European vs. American Fanaticism

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 08:10:57 MDT


From: "Amara Graps" <Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de>
> Europe is made of many many very different cultures.

America assimilates all those cultures, _plus_ Native Americans and
African-Americans.
You don't have to be a fanatic to be American, but it helps.

"America was founded by religious fanatics with guns."
--P. J. O'Rourke

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