--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking as a homeboy in one of the reddest of the > red states, I'll > throw in with you Gautam. > This is one nation, regardless of who leads it. > Regardless of > transient divisions. > When I wake up on the third, all of you will still > be my countrymen > and I will owe my allegiance to you above and beyond > all other > considerations, because the nation is its people > more than it's flag, > more than the land, more than the government.
That is my desire too. This "culture war" thing was not the doing of those moderates -- north and south, urban and rural, conservative and liberal - who believe in the pragmatic enlightenment, in modernism and in a version of Pax Americana that the rest of the world will follow toward light. It is the kleptos, apocalypts and neocon loonies who have done this. (http://www.davidbrin.com/neoromantics.html) In any event, the map MEANS something, Robert. Look at it. Whatever your dreams and mine, about a tolerant America that is united in joyful, moderate disagreement, look at it. This is a civil war and we did not start it. We are fighting for the Union. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
