[Foundation-l] Reply to Mark

Sat Mar 1 13:36:51 UTC 2008

> If non-Western people have objections to the choice of venue, they can
>  speak for themselves. You might have missed it, but the era of
>  colonialism is over; Americans and Italians do not speak for
>  non-Westerners. Therefore, when I hear objections from Westerners, I
>  interpret them as "objections from Westerners".

What? Since when did America ever speak for any colonies? It was a
colony, it was never a colonial power...