Confession time: wrong Irishman. "America is the first country to
have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening
period of civilization." Oscar Wilde.
At 09:34 PM 3/20/2006, you wrote:
>If one goes to
>
>http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz1758411422e80.html
>
>to take the quiz on famous quotes by the Irishy, one
>finds that Shaw's name isn't one of the answers. I'd
>bet it is Shaw though. Or maybe Freud, who said
>America was a "mistake." But I'd disagree that America
>is the only country that went from barbarism to
>decadence without an intervening stage of
>civilization; we've had all three going at once at
>least since about 1870.
>
>David Latane
>
>"THAT HAM is kulchur, THAT ham is civilization" (Ezra
>Pound on one of Harry Meachum of Richmond's Virginia
>country ham offerings--qtd in The Pound Era 540).
>
>
>
>--- Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I first read the statement, attributed to Shaw, when
> > both Baudrillard
> > and I were small children.
> >
> > At 06:57 PM 3/20/2006, you wrote:
> > >or it could be jean baudrillard?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >I've seen this attributed to Shaw.
> > >
> > >At 06:02 PM 3/20/2006, you wrote:
> > >>Well Roger I can quote this from memory: it was by
> > a French comentator, not
> > >>me!, and went along in that the USA is unique in
> > world history in that it is
> > >>a culture that has gone from primitivism to
> > decadence without a phase of
> > >>civilisation in between.
> > >>
> > >>They be his words not mine!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Best (with a troll grin)
> > >>
> > >>Dave
> >
>
>
>David Latane
>http://www.standmagazine.org (Stand Magazine, Leeds)
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