At 11:29 15-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:

>BTW, I'd just like to point out, that the quintessential >example of
>Anti-Americanism is criticism of America's treatment of Puerto >Rico.

Jeroen wrote:
But hey, here's a challenge for you: prove beyond reasonable doubt that criticism of America's treatment of Puerto Rico equals anti-Americanism.


Me:
I stand by my original statement. Criticism of the US's handling of Puerto Rico is so beyond the pale, given the Puerto Ricans long history of self determination, that far and away the most likely motivation for such criticism is anti-Americanism.

You're in for a disappointment then. I have it on good authority that anti-Americanism had nothing to do with my criticism.



Jeroen "Political Observations" van Baardwijk


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