Posted by TJ. Church However, there are still seemingly some holes. First, I speak of this talk of comparison between this & other "ideals". I make allusion especially to the comparison between this &, say, "the American dream". As I see it, "the American dream & will to gain wealth", to quote Cook, while quite the same among us all, has its connection to relativity. To show this, let us look at the average American. The dream for them might be to be more wealthy than they are at a given time. Also, we can look at an already wealthy person, such as Donald Trump. Who's to say Trump doesn't sometimes wish he had more wealth in one form or another? There, we can see that while both wish to gain wealth, the average American would probably be happier with their wealth than they are now with as much money as Trump has when he starts his want for gain. Second, Cook speaks of the American founding fathers. Again, there is an obvious base in relativity. For instance, while I must agree that we do not have the things Cook says we are lacking, many people would probably admit, if asked, to liking this better than what we had under British rule. As much of a joke as it may sound, I must ask both americanadian theorists how they might feel if we had not achieved victory all those years ago, & they had to write every page of this site in "cockney", or some other British-based language? Mr. Cook speaks of a call to debate that this all "is a call to". Does he not realize what I do, which is I think this board is, if not at least is the start of, that very debate?
on 5/22/2002, 4:55 pm
I must first admit how surprised I am at how well Cook has thought out his argument. Even knowing about Snyder & Cook's americanadian ideas from the early going as I did, I am somewhat taken aback by how much he seems to have worked this through.