tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post5279933447640684999..comments2023-10-30T11:46:43.284+00:00Comments on Musings of the Cosmic Calamari: What's Good For GooseSpaceSquidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-75012120675080349702008-08-14T14:45:00.000+01:002008-08-14T14:45:00.000+01:00Not really. It's certainly true that AE represent...Not really. It's certainly true that AE represents a <I>type</I> of nationalism, but that hardly makes the term redundant.SpaceSquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-51044441295889279912008-08-14T13:56:00.000+01:002008-08-14T13:56:00.000+01:00So someone decided that nationalism wasn't good en...So someone decided that nationalism wasn't good enough and pointlessly invented a new term. Got it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-47528788538164099052008-08-14T13:39:00.000+01:002008-08-14T13:39:00.000+01:00Well we shall have to create the Spindizzy first, ...Well we shall have to create the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindizzy" REL="nofollow">Spindizzy</A> first, but then of course we can drop our bombs on rival tax havens with relative impunity… Also save us research money on building those pesty long range missilesDan Edmundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419304749760959902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-31422375119686782912008-08-14T13:33:00.000+01:002008-08-14T13:33:00.000+01:00Who the hell would you nuke? Guernsey? Wouldn't ...Who the hell would you nuke? Guernsey? Wouldn't that leave Jersey, y'know, inside the blast range?SpaceSquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-82812656246080310662008-08-14T13:30:00.000+01:002008-08-14T13:30:00.000+01:00Can I claim to believe in "Jerey Exceptionalism"? ...Can I claim to believe in "Jerey Exceptionalism"? Only of course Jersey really is qualitatively different from any other country and as soon as we get the bomb we'll prove it!Dan Edmundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419304749760959902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-11934023462790324572008-08-14T13:23:00.000+01:002008-08-14T13:23:00.000+01:00The belief that the US is qualitatively different ...The belief that the US is qualitatively different from any other country, often justified by its proponents as being due to the Constitution, their love of "freedom", their massive global influence, their (alleged) commitment to Christianity, or some or all of these combined. It's part of what fueled the "Manifest Destiny" bullshit that led to the American Indians getting rounded up onto Reservations.<BR/><BR/>My point is that this smug insistence that America is somehow fundamentally different to all other countries is something that any nationalist of any sufficiently powerful country can claim, simply by employing the same cherry-picking of history and current affairs that Kristol <I>et al</I> tend to rely on.SpaceSquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-91499881667497471752008-08-14T13:12:00.000+01:002008-08-14T13:12:00.000+01:00What the heck is American Exceptionalism?What the heck is American Exceptionalism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com