RE: You've Been Glurged (Sinclair and Include the world)

[kelley <kwalker2 -at- gte -dot- net>]

Please don't flame me offlist again. If you have something to say, say it 
onlist. If you think it inappropriate on the list, it is inappropriate in 
my inbox.

If you had bothered to read my analysis, you'd see that I was referencing 
the misleading prefatory comments and that I did direct you to the fact 
that it has been broadcast-- in 1973.  That it has resurfaced recently is 
not because it has been published recently, as the email claimed. It was 
also claimed, in order to legitimate its authority and officialness and 
dupe people, that it was entered into the Congressional Record. It has not 
been entered into the CR any time recently. It's a warm fuzzy that is 
circulating the 'net and it has been fanning the flames of resentment, 
arrogance, and anger. IT's not a good time for that.  Finally, it was 
originally entitle, "The Americans". One would think that the original 
title should be left intact, that a good technical writer would source the 
author and the publication date. None of that happened here and it is 
typical of glurges, which is a form of an Internet hoax or urban 
legend--which usually have a kernel of truth but have been embellished or 
added to in order to play onpeople's emotion. I sure does that.

America: The Good Neighbor.
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blamericans.htm

    "Aside from the fact that this text was written 28 years
     ago and suffered minor revisions during its travels in cyberspace,
     it is authentic. Journalist and radio personality Gordon Sinclair
     delivered the commentary on his Toronto show in 1973, when
     anti-American sentiment was at one of its all-time highs.
     For obvious reasons, Americans ate it up.
     The piece has circulated on the Internet ? sometimes attributed
     to Sinclair and sometimes not (but always to "a Canadian")
      ? for several years. Its suddenly renewed popularity in
     September 2001 can be attributed to the recent terrorist
     attacks on U.S. soil. Americans,smarting from the implicit
     hatred behind these acts, have found solace in these
     sincere words of appreciation from a geographical neighbor.
     They were not, however, authored "recently," as most currently
     circulating versions claim." 


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