-Caveat Lector- 3/9/2003 8:11:36 AM, klewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Don't gotta be an animist ... remember this nation was founded with "Nature's God" in mind ... > Of course - the nature of the human mind predisposes us > to independent learning. Not being an animist, I do > not accept that either the rainbow or the rose bush > were "teaching". The post was actually something I'd been indirectly waiting for (wainting for something but didn't know what) given I've had a protracted case of "writer's block"; it provided the key to something I've been working on for a few months. American ideals are not found in their best form in one place, even Washington, DC. They are found in all the fifty states where all the Americans live. Again, if DC was "ideal", lots more people would not have moved West. > However, this is attempting to lead us away from your > rather disingenuous proposal that the internship > program could not teach anything about the "American > ideal" simply because it will be located in Washington > DC. The Hahvahd ME program is not doomed to failure UNLESS it ignores the fact that the focus of its subject is some thousands of miles away. One reason *why* I stopped being a French / European studies major was I lived in CA at the time, with no access to Frnace or to Europe in general. The point is one cannot know what Americans or Middle Easterners are like by seeing a bunch of eye-wash(ers) for whom the American ideal is confined to 535 people plus whoever else makes up the government or by living in New England exclusively. There are 50 other American capitals (at least), each addressing their areas of responsibility populated with people who are better able to teach and inform ANYONE regardless of religion, race, creed, colour, et cetera, about what their part of America is all about. >If you truly believe that, then you must also believe > Harvard's program of Middle Eastern Studies is doomed > to failure because Harvard is located in an American > setting, or that any European university's program of > American Studies will be unable to teach anything of > value because of it's location. "Blame America" is not what I concentrated on when making my initial reply. Again, it had to do with DC (not) being a centre of core American ideals. But given their statement, " "We are not looking for commitment to conservatism," he added. " DC might be the right place to locate near that other conservative fellow Jerry Fall-Well or even his fellow con Pat Robertson, both of whom seems to "blame" American for the events that have given rise to a terrorist- inspired police state. And, being conservatives, they are confining their educational process to one very small section of the United States. If they were not so committed, they might venture forth a little more readily. Perhaps a week or two in each representative capital. In the NorthEast, travelling from capital to capital takes minutes if not just a few hours, saving time for the really nice places. In short, I am not really receptive to the idea of internship programs any more since our two most famous interns have been caught up with playing foul or foul play. Of course, I'll be addressing these things shortly in a larger context. It's kinda like you can tell what kind of city LA is when you can wake up in the morning and smell all the unburnt fuel and smog that settles down on the city overnight. And I don't love the "smell of 91 octane in the morning." Similarly, I can't imagine that DC is immune from the odeur of its particular kind of criminal pollution either. I don't believe anyone is immune from a "contact low" and I don't believe "contact lows" are American ideals. A<:>E<:>R > Of course, I know you really don't believe that. You > just couldn't resist jumping at the bait I held out - > an organization who has the audacity to mention the > "hate-America crowd" simply couldn't be allowed to > remain "un-dissed". > > -- > >Outgoing mail is certified virus free >Scanned by Norton AntiVirus > ><A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> >DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER >========== >CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic >screeds are unwelcomed. 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