[quote=KSMountain]paddyoh: obviously this is a really old thread, and there’s no way I can match the Green Eggs and Ham poetry.
But I just want to say I disagree with you completely and you’re on the wrong track.
You sound like you’ve gone beyond political correctness and are now on the slope to McCarthy-ism. Who decides which commericials are American-enough for actors to participate in? You?
Will you next say that certain books shouldn’t be endorsed, or written, or even read?
To explore your scatterbrained idea a bit further: would you be opposed to Americans acting in a Mercedes commercial? How about that guy who does commercials for BMW on the radio? Should we mount a petition against that bastard? Maybe find out where he lives?
What about Danish teak furniture? Do you feel that it is a threat to the Amish? Perhaps we should ban its importation – also Italian furniture while we’re at it I guess. Could you make a website for that please?
Mephisto makes some damn nice shoes – should we put a stop to that?
Perhaps none of us should travel outside the U.S. where we’ll spend tourist dollars aiding some other economy. (Not to mention the environmental damage of our flight overseas – the horror!) Maybe you could chair some committee that would decide which countries we’re allowed to travel to.
Yeah – that sounds really American to me.[/quote]
KSM: Great post. You nailed it exactly (and this is why I was referring to our dear Paddy as Eugene Debs and a Stalinist).
This is what you get when you marry the “virtues” of entitlement to Communism/Socialism: The New America.
