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on 12/20/01 7:07 PM, Lawrence Upton at [log in to unmask] wrote: > Having been accused of sentimentality when I objected to the belittling of > the importance of Afghan deaths, recently I suggested that a specifically US > problem is sometimes sentimentality - Listening to an item about the first > tourists back to the statue of liberty, I heard a NYC official say _It > brings tears to my eyes when I look at it_ Now that, quoting P J O'Rourke, > is really alien to me You ought to see how wet people get when they visit the WTC site, Lawrence. You wouldn't believe the tears--and for something that isn't even there! I don't doubt you'd find it really alien. Merry Christmas on behalf of my countrypeople, Candice