US versus Europe
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http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/us-d.html[^] The web page compares many aspects of culture/lifestyle in the US with Germany (which mostly applies to the rest of Europe too). Very interesting, IMO.
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The jobless youth in big German cities and in the eastern part of the country however often present an aggressive nationalistic attitude, to the extent of harassing, beating and even killing foreigners with the wrong skin color. This kind of violence is unheard of in the US. Eh.. What about the KKK? -- Yeeeeehaaaaawwwwd!
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Phone & Cable services are private in most European countries too, and they do make profit of ISDN, for example (and I think it's quite successful too). The smart thing about those services is that no phone lines / cables need to be replaced to implement them, so only a tiny investment is required compared to ADSL, for example.
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Really, I was under the impression that most TV and phone companies in europe were nationalized. Deutshe Telekom is a "private" company, but the goverment holds almost 3/4 of the shares.
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Stan Shannon wrote: you have people looking to the government for those same things, rather than wanting to take the individual responsibility to secure those things for themselves. IMO we look not to the government but to the Nation. Because we are the Nation, we are collectively and individually responsible, through a vertue called civisme("good citizenship": I can't even find a single word for this in english, what a symbol) . I know it's more and more an utopia, thanks to a globalization of the jungle rules, but I still keep this vision as an ideal.
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Kaßl wrote: civisme("good citizenship": I can't even find a single word for this in english, what a symbol) . "Civic Duty" probably comes pretty close. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
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The jobless youth in big German cities and in the eastern part of the country however often present an aggressive nationalistic attitude, to the extent of harassing, beating and even killing foreigners with the wrong skin color. This kind of violence is unheard of in the US. Eh.. What about the KKK? -- Yeeeeehaaaaawwwwd!
The Klan has largely been defanged in the U.S. "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
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Kaßl wrote: civisme("good citizenship": I can't even find a single word for this in english, what a symbol) . "Civic Duty" probably comes pretty close. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
The french definition for civism is: Devotion of the citizen to his country, of the individual to the community. The term duty implies a constraint, when civism is more voluntarist.
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The Klan has largely been defanged in the U.S. "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
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The french definition for civism is: Devotion of the citizen to his country, of the individual to the community. The term duty implies a constraint, when civism is more voluntarist.
Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop
The term however, at least as I take it, describes an obligation one is proud to uphold. It is not something someone feels negatively about. I'm sure there is a bit of difference between the two, but at the moment I can't come up with a closer word or phrase. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security