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| Global attitudes poll an occasion for "metaphorical self-flagellation" |
| 2006-06-28 |
| by Jim Geraghty, New York Sun It's a teaser link, but the good part is in the first two paragraphs Odd as it may seem, the annual release of the survey results of the Pew Global Attitudes Project has evolved into the American equivalent of the bloody Shia ritual of Ashura. During Ashura, devout Shiites commemorate the suffering and martyrdom of the grandson of Mohammed, Husayn, by flagellating themselves bloody with bladed chains. For several consecutive years, the Pew study has disclosed that large majorities of foreign populations despise Americans, spurring international pundits to call for Americans to embrace a vigorous round of metaphorical self-flagellation, and for the Bush administration to seek penance by changing its policies. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 I doubt the rest of the world thinks much more of Oz than the US; and I'd be most of them think it's a compliment also. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-06-28 16:40 |
| #3 Many years ago I was introduced to such people, for whom self-hatred has evolved into hatred of everyone who would treat them justly. Of a radical leftist professor who was just a continual pest at a local university, it was even said in the student newspaper that "All he wants is once a year to be paraded around the campus while being scourged. Is that too much to ask?" I took it as a joke until a year or so later, when the professor ceased being such a nuisance. It seems that he and his wife had joined a sado-masochistic master-slave club, and he had become one of their top "flogees". And now, having an outlet, he no longer agitated for leftists causes around campus. It struck everyone that he looked a lot happier now. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-06-28 16:27 |
| #2 How about it we kill them instead? Would that help? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-28 09:09 |
| #1 Some of us out here love America and respect what President Bush is doing. Just keep doing it, with more please. And if you decide isolation is the solution, then I understand. Posted from Downunder. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-06-28 08:55 |