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thanks :)

To be fair, I think those hysterias are pretty common the world over. It's just that the size and scope of American power/influence makes our hysteria more pronounced or noticed somehow. Not being defensive or anything :p I also think the pervasiveness of our media makes the formation of movements (sometimes incredibly misinformed movements lol) more frequent. But having said all that I think America has a lot of wonderful qualities and although I'm one of the biggest critics around when it comes to our foreign/domestic policies I think it's a great country. Sometimes embarrassing though haha. Let me ask you this.... I know that xenophobia has been rearing it's ugly head in Europe generally but in Scandinavian countries in particular. Has this been your experience in Norway? I've heard some nightmare stories from some folks in Sweden.... what's it really like? Particularly for Muslims? Peace abayo,

Haha.... don't be sorry I [U]live[/U] for political discussions! You make a great point about Europe's struggle with communism. I think the unique difference with America was the protracted nature of the Cold War. I mean.... kids were doing drills (ducking under tables) to practice for the eventuality of a nuclear strike as recently as the 80s. So I don't doubt that our country paid a psychological price of sorts for that kind of trauma. I think another thing that contributes to all this was the rise of conservative idealism and the concurrent mobilization of various media to shape it's narrative. When you add to this volatile mix a stunning decline in political and historical knowledge in the general public (not to sound elitist at all... this is well studied) it makes for a pretty grim situation.

:faint: True enough.