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This is a *fantastic* essay, and I'm impressed by both the breadth of your references and the restraint in your tone.
a uniquely Western product dressed in the tacky red and gold trappings of haphazard American appropriation—by Westerners and for Westerners. Beautifully & powerfully said.
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Date: 2009-08-15 06:24 pm (UTC)This is a *fantastic* essay, and I'm impressed by both the breadth of your references and the restraint in your tone.
a uniquely Western product dressed in the tacky red and gold trappings of haphazard American appropriation—by Westerners and for Westerners.
Beautifully & powerfully said.