Just that we need to see ourselves as part of a community rather than above ( or better) than that community. Overall, Americans in the states tend to think with a great deal of self centeredness, to the point that we don't see Canadians or Mexicans as American, even though they both reside in North America. Through my travels I learned that other countries are different, not better or worse.
On Thursday, October 4, 2012, asc490 wrote: > Hi Joe, many thanks. > > But what does it mean when you say "your country's place in the world". > > Cheers > AJ > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Joe Copeland <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, when you get right down to it, the U.S. did create something called > a World Series and then neglected to invite the World to participate. In > my world travels, which were extensive, the most important lesson I learned > was my country's place in the world. As for the track pic, it looks like > he's stretching out his calves, but I could be wrong. > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, asc490 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Me being arrogant for a second thinks that you Americans are just not used > to look beyond the rim of your teacup so America = World for you guys and > therefore AR = WR. Would that make sense? Or am I just arrogant AND wrong > ;-) ? > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Joe Copeland <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay, never mind! Just did a more thorough search and by golly there IS > such a thing as an American Record in swimming! Who'd a thunk it? We > Americans can be so arrogant sometimes! > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Eric Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > > Was the group, perchance, ARmnisport? > > As Always, ER > > http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport > http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Triathletepix/ > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Joe Copeland <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 4, 2012 4:15 PM > *Subject:* [omnisport:20645] Omni Guys 10/04/12 > > I've got a question for the group at large. On another group I belong to, > a picture was posted by of a group of swimmers where one was holding a > handmade sign with his time and "AR" on it. The group was discussing what > AR stood for. One person thought it meant American Record which sounded > dubious to me. I did some internet searching and didn't find anything > conclusive, but I thought it might mean Athlete's Record, like a personal > best. Does anyone know what AR really stands for? Thanks! > > And as always: > > Enjoy! > > -- > Take a moment and view my blog! http://hohcopelandwj.wordpress.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe fr > > -- Take a moment and view my blog! http://hohcopelandwj.wordpress.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en.
