Old Europe? check the dates, Mr Rumsfeld

Chris Losinger

http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1592571[^] -c

When history comes, it always takes you by surprise.

KaRl

Mr Kagan's article seems to have leaved its mark on a lot of people :)

Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

"Rather than being about Europe's old age, the transatlantic divide arguably has more to do with Europe's attempt to become something utterly new—and with America's inability to appreciate this. In his timely book, “Of Paradise and Power: America versus Europe in the New World Order” (Knopf), Robert Kagan argues that Europe is trying to find a “post-historical paradise”—a self-contained world built on transnational rules and negotiations. The United States, by contrast, remains “mired in history”—trapped in a Hobbesian world of power politics in which international laws are unreliable and true security depends on your ability to bash the bad guys. I hadn't thought of it that way. An interesting slant on the differences between European and US society. This is quite telling as well: American tabloids eschew the naked breasts that bounce all over their European cousins. What is political correctness but Victorian prudery in modern dress? This week some Harvard students took advantage of the weather to build a giant snow penis. Their prim contemporaries immediately destroyed it. I've got no problem with sex or nudity, but I have a huge problem with aggression or violence. I've never understood why things seem to be the other way around in the US, and probably never will. Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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