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2003-10-02 Europe

French Public Intellectuals discover Hans Christian Anderson

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Posted by Ernest Brown 2003-10-02 10:00:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 two opposing notions of the West: a serene Europe, sheltered from terrorist kamikazes, and a warlike, imperialist, autistic United States

"autistic" ?

Jeez, you would think that being an imperialist warmonger would imply the direct opposite of autistic; I can think of no way to be more directly engaged with the world than chasing its various vicious degenerates to their lairs and shooting them.

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2003-10-2 11:36:27 AM|| 2003-10-2 11:36:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Autistic" in the sense of lashing out without taking in input from the outside world, as the severely autistic do. It's still stupid, though.

Posted by Ernest Brown 2003-10-2 11:43:55 AM|| [saturninretrograde.blogspot.com] 2003-10-2 11:43:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Couldn't be just have "anger management" issues or maybe Torretz Syndrome?

Posted by Superhose 2003-10-2 12:37:05 PM|| 2003-10-2 12:37:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Those aren't patronizing enough. (Autism {aside from Asperger's syndrome} also implies retardation)

Posted by Ernest Brown 2003-10-2 1:48:06 PM|| [saturninretrograde.blogspot.com] 2003-10-2 1:48:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Okay, perhaps we can get the Euro innalekshuls to agree: we're autistic, you're idiot savants: you make good beer or wine or whatever, but useless for anything else.

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2003-10-2 2:15:40 PM|| 2003-10-2 2:15:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Couldn't we just send them to self-esteme camp? Do you think the EU actaully performs that function for them?

Posted by Superhose 2003-10-2 2:31:54 PM|| 2003-10-2 2:31:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 autism is not retardation, it's a break down of the ability to communicate and impart ideas, so it can at times appear that they are retarded because the passing on of information is a VRY difficult process for people afflicted with autism, buh make no mistake they are NOT stupid, they can be very clever and will try to control you even as you try to control them

assuming the writer knows what autism is, then what he means to say is we dont communicate well with the world and when things dont go well we result to violence/threats/pain to achieve our goals..
which I agree with, tho I dissent that the failure to communicate involves a break down on the american end, the bush administration has been very upfront with their feelings on matters...

Posted by Dcreeper 2003-10-2 4:32:42 PM|| 2003-10-2 4:32:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Dcreeper:

Autism is a complex syndrome, and I understand (from this first-person account) that one element of it is sensory hyperperception--the autistic perceives the world in so much detail that she can't process all of the input.

If "autism" is a valid metaphor for the current world situation, I'd wonder if it's not the Islamofascisrs or the Euro-elite (or both) who are the autistics here.

Posted by Mike 2003-10-2 4:52:10 PM|| 2003-10-2 4:52:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Giving France any due as a counterweight to America is laughable. The only importance they have in this world is their UN veto. Without the UN they are marginal at best. Chirac wants a piece of the authority to make world decisions but can't find a way to back it up except with Maureen Dowd pinup boys. The best way to treat the French is to patronize them and make them feel important but in our minds impotent. Remember, the easiest way to make a million is to buy a Frenchman for what he is worth and sell him for what he thinks he is worth!

Posted by Jack is Back! 2003-10-2 6:53:03 PM|| 2003-10-2 6:53:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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