Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!fortune!ojs From: ojs@fortune.UUCP (Oliver Sharp) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: American sportscasting sucks! Message-ID: <3956@fortune.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 01:54:37 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.3956 Posted: Sat Aug 11 01:54:37 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Aug-84 06:26:03 EDT References: <361@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP>, <358@tellab1.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 21 The "America - love it or leave it" cr*p really bothers me a lot. Yes, I AM an American, born and bred, etc. (who cares, anyway? Geeez). I wouldn't want to live anywhere else and I think that although it has its problems it is the best place in the world to live. (No "what about xxxx" flames, PLEASE!!) However, all this stuff doesn't mean I can't criticize my country - what about Watergate, for instance? If someone hadn't been "unpatriotic" enough to yell about it, Nixon would never have been uncovered. Coming down to a less incendiary level, ABC newscasting is AWFUL!!! They are the official network covering the Olympics, so NO you CAN'T just switch channels. There is patriotism (which is considered good) and myopia (which is usually considered bad). I think telling someone to leave the country because he doesn't like some aspect of it is foolish and just plain silly. That goes for all those dumb bumper stickers saying the same thing! That feels much better. Oliver Sharp .....!fortune!ojs