[Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!

[Donovan Arnold]

Dave,

I took Social Studies, American History, and US Government at Moscow High School. 

And may I say the teachers there are excellent. I was able to get a degree in Political Science from UI, in part, thanks to my excellent education at MHS. 

I will again state to you. I did not use the term "American" as an exclusive term to refer to the US. 

And second, the use of the term "American" in place of the term "US Citizen" or something referring to people in the United States of America, is proper usage of the term. If you don't believe me, try picking up a dictionary, almanac or visit Wikipedia for more references. 

Americans is short for "United States of Americans", which is wordy. It is not meant to exclude people or say we are better. Such thinking is ignorance of the meaning behind the terminology. 

Best Regards,

Donovan


--- On Sun, 12/21/08, Dave <tiedye at turbonet.com> wrote:

> From: Dave <tiedye at turbonet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!
> To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 10:02 AM
> This goes along with issue I had about the High School: The
> U.S. History
> textbook is wrongfully titled "American History",
> but I checked, it has
> nothing in it about most of America, it only focuses on one
> set of fifty
> states, one of which isn't even IN America.
> 
> I wonder if Donovan is a product of MHS, where the State
> mandated
> "Social Studies" curriculum consists of:  U.S.
> History I, U.S. History
> II, and U.S. Government.  Does anyone else notice what is
> missing in
> this picture?  Like, maybe, the rest of the world?
> 
> Perhaps this is why Donovan and many others believe that
> the United
> States owns the world. 
> 
> It comes from confusing patriotism with nationalism. 
> 
> Personally I don't trust any "ism".
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> Ellen Roskovich wrote:
> > *Well, Donovan, you have gone and done it.....forced
> me to hop up on
> > my soapbox and give you what for in the name of all my
> Canadian
> > friends.  Trust me.....they get very annoyed with
> their neighbors to
> > the south when we call them Canadians and refer to
> ourselves as
> > "Americans".....as if we owned the entire
> North American continent
> > instead of sharing it.*
> > ** 
> > *I rather like the notion that we have to
> share.....and that there's
> > another little bridge of land to the south with
> Mexico.....also
> > Americans....and if we follow that Central American
> bridge, we end up
> > in South America.  Kind of like going from one
> neighborhood to another.  *
> > ** 
> > *Stay warm, Moscow.*
> > ** 
> > *Ellen A. Roskovich*
> > ** 
> > **
> >
> >
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