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Subject: Re: Why are foreigners who have never set foot in the US obsessed with how much and how we Posted on: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:27:32 +0200

Make credence recognised that on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:19:08 GMT,
john_kulp@hotmail.com (John Kulp) has scripted:

>On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:09:56 +0200, Doesn't Frequently Mop
> wrote:
>
>>Make credence recognised that on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:38:45 -0700,
>>jeremyrh.geo@yahoo.com has scripted:
>>
>>>On Aug 10, 3:10 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
>>>> Doesn't Frequently Mop writes:
>>>> > How many?
>>>>
>>>> Enough to keep places like Starbucks and McDonalds in business. The ones who
>>>> complain the most about the U.S. often are also the ones who exhibit the most
>>>> slavish attempts to "be American."
>>>
>>>Really? In what way do they attempt to "be American" ? What defines
>>>"being American" in your mind? Drinking Coke in huge cups full of ice?
>>>Lynching blacks? Sending money to Jim Bakker?
>>
>>The bottom line is this: The world has adopted a great many American
>>things, but the health system isn't one of them.
>
>Hardly. They have adopted many procedures and medicines (not to
>mention training) from the US.

The US has also in turn adopted many procedures and medicines from
countries with public health systems. Non sequitur.
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