Monday, March 26, 2007

 

Thought of the Day

It is impossible for a stranger traveling through the United States to tell from the appearance of the people or the country whether he is in Toledo, Ohio, or Portland, Oregon. Ninety million Americans cut their hair in the same way, eat each morning exactly the same breakfast, tie up the small girls' curls with precisely the same kind of ribbon fashioned into bows exactly alike; and in every way all try to look and act as much like all the others as they can.

Lord Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe

# posted by Roger Fraley @ 5:24 AM
Comments:
Notice the number of Americans in the quote. I think we had 90 million at the turn of the century. Thanks for the comment.
# posted by Blogger Roger Fraley : 5:51 AM
 
I have been lecturing to Americans for more than fifteen years. In a sense I might agree with the statement in your post. However when it comes to opinions they almost always seemed split 50/50. Entrenched in ideas it was hard to debate in a civilised fashion with.
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# posted by Blogger Unknown : 6:32 AM
 
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