CANADIAN RE: RE: Football/Soccer Chatter

[Witkopp, Richard]

I don't think that's it at all. We're mostly worried about
stuff that can ruin our day. Unrest in the middle east?
Oil prices go up. Instability in Central or South America?
Oil again, and we got too many big loans out to those
countries. Problems in Australia? Who cares? We can live
without Foster's and sheeps wool.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohmes, Matt [mailto:Matt.Ohmes@COGNOS.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:54 AM
> To: PowerHouse List (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: CANADIAN RE: RE: Football/Soccer Chatter
> 
> 
> Hi Blue,
> 
> You said:
> 
> >>> snip >>>>
> I agree with much of what you said.  However, how do you 
> explain that the
> average European, Asian, Australasian or even Canadian has a 
> much better
> 'world' view (geopolitical awareness) than the average American?  I've
> experienced this time and again has I traveled around the world.
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> But that was the whole point. :-) Power, influence, and 
> visibility tend to
> make any group think the world revolves around them.   
> 
> You will ALWAYS see more "balanced" reporting from the middle of the
> power/visibility spectrum than the top. An elephant in a room 
> with 10 cats
> will notice the cats but won't pay them much attention.  The cats will
> notice each other much more than the elephant does. ;-)
> 
> Over assigning self-importance because of power and 
> visibility is a HUMAN
> character flaw, not an American one.  We're aware of it and 
> most of us try
> to resist.  But it's also a human trait to vilify others who 
> are powerful
> and influential, isn't it? ;-)  
> 
> I'm just saying that we're all human and in similar 
> circumstances, as a
> collective group, we all behave the same. Individually, we 
> just do the best
> we can.
> 
> Matt :-)
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