Re: Sacred tangent (was Re: just checking...)
Lance McLain <lance-X3DuywwxauBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
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On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Bruce Geerdes wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Peter T. Chattaway <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected] > > wrote: > Buttressing the tendency of many Americans to have a hallowed, quasi- > religious view of their founding documents and their historical > artefacts etc. is a big, big problem. > > I fail to see that. How has this "big, big problem" exhibited itself > in undesirable ways? The concept of manifest destiny, it seems to me has sprung out of this quasi-religious view. And I think that was very undesirable, especially to the native americans (not to mention the ecology). regards, -Lance -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot