As an American, I’m not sure whether to be embarrassed or offended, since we have a splendid and relatively uncommercialized holiday just the day before that expresses the best in American civic instincts. What could be more wholesome than giving thanks? And what do Europeans import? The parasite without the host, consumption without gratitude.
Thanksgiving
An article James linked, deploring the commercialization of the West, notes that Europe absorbed Black Friday without Thanksgiving.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment