bout elitism in British culture? I ask because it seems to me you have a more un-apologetically classist society than we do here, where elitism is (sadly) a...
his is not totally on subject to your queary, but the question reminded me of a Dave Allen show from a few years ago regarding religion in the UK;<br><br>The...
read a review of what may have been the Fussell book. A criticsm was that he lacked irony and detachment about his own class, whatever that is, preferring to...
mericans insist there isn't, except there is, and largely based on money. When people form contry clubs and live in "gated communities", they are expressing...
he book is somewhat dated (1983, I believe) so unless it was recent I'm not sure the review you saw was of that. If it was, though, I thought Fussell took a ...
specially in making class distinctions. Who can say that Donald Trump has class? He, with his fortune, is still a prole at root. Money can't buy class. That is...
ell, don't you think gold-plated lawn flamingos and maybe a gold tooth or two with your initials in it make a statement?<br><br>What usually happens is that...
he Zola book was L'Assommoir. In my drunken haze I said it was Germinal. As for class in America, an American friend of mine who'd lived in England for several...
funny thing about American notions of class is that ANYTHING British is considered good, or "high class." Ralph Loren apes Brit syles with a lot of tweedy, ...
'm gettng a problem posting this. The interesting thing to me is not whether I could pass for high class in America, but the greater importance of money and...
hat use the paddles...the chicks go in for more "mind game" sorts of activities. Re the Indiana U class-thing: what an absurd question to ask students (not to ...
thought we Boilermakers were the only ones who felt that way about them. But then how do you feel about Boilermakers? .........Somehow I know I shouldn't have...
grew up in a 'burb of Chicago and as you know, Indiana/Illinois jokes are quite popular. I've been living in Mpls for the past 15 years or so now, and Iowa/MN...
here's a book called "When Nietzsche Wept" by Yallom that was published in the 80's...it's a fictional story of Nietzsche meeting up with a young Sigmund ...
ietzsche is standing on a subway platform in NY city and witnesses a schizophrenic push a woman onto the rails. The train decapatates her (true story)....
ut we miss them. Note Nancy and Ronald Reagan's pretentions, which consisted in socializing publicly with HRH and Maggie Thatcher.<br><br>In most Jesus movies,...
ou are dead right! I wonder what Donald Trump thinks about philosophy. Sometimes celebrities can fool you. We look up to them, but quite often they are the ...
e would leap to the defence of Zarathustra, against peculiar accusations that non Americans are not supposed to understand. It does seem strange that a culture...
or defending her honor, so to speak... You bring up a good point as far as American blacks not integrating into mainstream culture. I think that is a big part...
y phrases like mainstream culture I don't mean to pass a value judgement. Certainly to the outside world, America seems to be about something, an idea which...
ay, he would have glowered quite sternly on PC. PC is seriously into respecting the rights of victims of society. Those who reject society's right to impose...
ne of the problems with pc is the dumbing down of society, viz, standards are being lowered to reflect the lowest common demoninator. It used to be that a kid...
hank you jsm for your reply.<br><br>There is a lot of talk in the US about what percentage of the population is Hispanic, what percentage WASP, where the ...
