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
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Roger Day" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 9:25 AM
>Subject: Re: Snap/3-15-06--"The God Thing"
>
>
>That's right, David, Ron Silliman is an American. He lives in a
>different country with a different set of laws, cultures etc. USAians
>are a different people. If you want an anglo-centric view of things
>you might look to Andrew Duncan for counter-balance.
>
>Mind you, you've now set the clock ticking for your time to off-list.
>
>Roger
>
>On 3/19/06, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I look at times at Ron Silliman's industrious blog: recently he outlined
>his
> > version of literary history, after about 1950 it blossoms into an enormity
> > of Americans, the this school or the that, never mind that none of them
>have
> > a memorable line between them, but they're AMERICAN.
>
>
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