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September 13, 2008
National Pride
This coming Tuesday, the 16th of September, is Mexico's Independence Day.
In Mexico, the patriotism that is expressed is a lot different than that seen in the United States. Here, it's more akin to the scene from Casablanca where the patrons of Rick's Café Américain drown out the Nazis with a rousing version of La marseillaise. Mexicans' expressions of their national pride evoke the image of the scrappy underdog, refusing to go down without a fight, despite the overwhelming odds against it.
In contrast, our neighbors to the north seem to express their nationalistic sentiments more like the Team America theme song. They come across as a big bully that is going to kick some ass just to show everyone that they can.
Posted by crispy at September 13, 2008 12:02 AM