Starsky and Putsch: Why Americans Don't get Europe [Mark Steyn]

National review via Steyn Online ^ | April 15, 2004 | Mark Steyn

[NovemberCharlie]

A good one from Steyn.

[NovemberCharlie]

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[goldstategop]

I missed Charlie's Angels and now that its out on DVD, I can see the attraction it had for people back then not to mention all that eye candy!

[EternalHope]

America and Europe have stretched the formula way beyond breaking point. It can't be put back together.

Sums up his point nicely.

Unfortunately, he's right.

[You Dirty Rats]

I was a teenager back then and somewhat odd -- I liked Kate Jackson (the smart one).

[mc5cents]

Just over a year ago, in one of those wretched Security Council performances before the Gulf War, the French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, turned to Colin Powell and offered the umpteenth variation of the familiar argument that, if we Europeans are resistant to ze idea of war, it is because we have seen so much of ze horrors of ze war. The reality is the other way round: the reason they've seen so much of the horrors of war is because they're so resistant to the idea of it - until it's too late and conflagration is all that's left.

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[Ruth A.]

bump for later enjoyment.

[workerbee]

The reality is the other way round: the reason they've seen so much of the horrors of war is because they're so resistant to the idea of it - until it's too late and conflagration is all that's left.

Steyn gets right to the point like nobody's business.

[TopQuark]

Another excellent one from Steyn.

[Stentor]

The reality is the other way round: the reason they've seen so much of the horrors of war is because they're so resistant to the idea of it - until it's too late and conflagration is all that's left.

Maybe they're so tired (in an existential sense) of killing each other, so guilt ridden (justifiably so) that they desire to be killed by outsiders.

[SJackson]

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[TopQuark]

I think you might enjoy this article.

[The KG9 Kid]

pse·phol·o·gy
n.
The study of political elections.

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[Greek psphos, pebble, ballot (from the ancient Greeks' use of pebbles for voting) + -logy.]

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psephologist

n : a sociologist who studies election trends

[spodefly]

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[Mr Rogers]

If it makes you feel better - I DO remember Charlie's Angels, and I agree with your taste, then & now.

[motzman]

Whether or not Madrid is Rome and Berlin and Amsterdam and Paris, it certainly isn't New York.

New York is starting to turn into Madrid.

[axel f]

I'm still madly in love with Jaclyn Smith.

[John Lenin]

if we Europeans are resistant to ze idea of war, it is because we have seen so much of ze horrors of ze war. The reality is the other way round: the reason they've seen so much of the horrors of war is because they're so resistant to the idea of it - until it's too late and conflagration is all that's left.

The old saying, 'you attract what you fear'.

[Mr Rogers]

Haven't seen Starsky & Hutch, nor will I - but I think the real point is that Americans believe in chasing down the bad guy & punishing him. Europeans believe in hoping the bad guy attacks their neighbor.

Altho the Italian who was recently murdered gives me hope that a few countries may still have a few men left...

[Tacis]

But, where will Europe go in the longer run? The Europeans are the ultimate classists. You belong to a certain class, are born to it, in fact, or you don't. The Muslims live here but they don't belong here. One of the characteristics of classism is that it is bivariate. They are easy to hate and, at some point, easy to fight.

The closest we come is black and white race. But, it is not no longer them and us. And, if fact, interracial marriage in the US takes place at a rate impossible for European and Muslims.

The European dichotomy will lead to bloodshed and as sensitive as the Europeans are to the changes in isms over the years, they have shed blood over differences in religion and will do it again.