On Dec 22, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
The story about how George Washington "chopped down a cherry tree
and did not tell a lie" is a _founder's_myth_ that is accepted as
_true_, even if it is probably not factual. It tells us something
about George Washington and what we like to think about ourselves
as a nation.
The _truths_ of the Washington story -- (...)
I would interpret it by saying that GW had no respect for the
ecosystem and was proud of it - which could explain the current
global cathastrophic ecological status caused by USA industries
all over the world :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Whereas Oil-polluting, Amazon-destroying Brazil is a model for
the rest of the world :-b.
Dave
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