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<div>David McCann wrote:</div>
<div>>> urged that a distinction be drawn between</div>
<div>>> "anti-American" (ban-mi) and critical of
American policies (bi-mi)</div>
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<div>Got your point. But isn't this some academic approach of
splitting hairs on a bold head? Why would "the rest of the world"
-- and especially the "uncivilized" part of the world that
maps President Bush's understanding of the world, may want to make a
distinction that leading U.S. politicians are not capable or willing
to make? Talking about culture -- yes, sure, most nations are into
American culture on various levels. Maybe some anthropologist here
could give us more insights about this .... Few are against American
culture, POP culture, film culture, entertainment culture, shopping
culture. But by now this has been so much internalized around the
world that it isn't even seen as American anymore. And indeed, it
isn't. If the U.S. is harshly being criticized in South Korea, for
example, then nobody should expect this trend to stop at any point and
expect that people will make those hair-splitting academic
distinctions when burning American flags or what not.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Frank</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"
color="#000000"><b>Transcript of President Bush's first State of the
Union address, delivered to Congress Tuesday night
(1/28/2003)</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#000000">Mr.
Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished
guests, fellow citizens, as we gather tonight,<b> our nation is at
war</b>, our economy is in recession and the<b> civilized world</b>
faces unprecedented dangers.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">(...)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#000000">The men
and women of our armed forces have delivered a message now clear to
every enemy of the United States: Even 7,000 miles away, across oceans
and continents, on mountaintops and in caves you will not escape the
justice of this nation.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">(...)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#000000">My budget
supports three great goals for America: We will win this war, we will
protect our homeland, and we will revive our economy.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">(...)</font></div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Not as someone living in the ROK, but as
an attendee at a recent conference<br>
at the East West Center, University of Hawaii, where the
demonstrations<br>
were a frequent topic, I would note that a number of scholars at
the</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>conference, Korean and American, urged
that a distinction be drawn between</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>"anti-American" (ban-mi) and
critical of American policies (bi-mi).<br>
Because the demonstrations are reported as if they were anti-American,
they<br>
cause anxiety among those thinking of travelling to Seoul, or
huffy<br>
suggestions that, "if they're against us over there, maybe we
should just<br>
leave," as Victor Cha observed of several then-recent op ed
pieces. But<br>
in fact the demonstrations are an expression of engagement with such
issues<br>
as concerns regarding North Korea, or dissatisfaction with the outcome
of<br>
the trial of the miltary personnel whose vehicle killed the two
Korean</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>girls.. .; in other words, specific,
understandable, and not threatening</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>harm.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>David McCann</blockquote>
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