[afro-nets] American fundamentalism (2)

[Howard Lyons <howardlyons@msn.com>]

American fundamentalism (2)
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I was disappointed to see the invitation headed "American Funda-
mentalism" posted on AFRO-NETS. American society has many short-
comings but its people, especially the so-called Christian fun-
damentalists, are extremely generous both on an individual and
collective basis.

The United States is an enormous country of nearly 300 million
people and the vast majority have never travelled beyond its
borders. Nevertheless, despite their lack of appreciation of
many cross-cultural issues which Europeans with their colonial
histories understand more instinctively, they give more money to
worthy causes overseas, send more people abroad to work in de-
veloping countries and have shared more technology to help im-
prove daily living than any other country in the world.

I wouldn't want to join the Netzkraft movement if all it aims to
do is take broad swipes at American culture instead of trying to
understand the motivation of a complex and diverse people who
give much and have much more to give. Let's work with them not
against them.

Howard Lyons
Christians in Health Care
mailto:howardlyons@msn.com