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Re: Culebra and vieques, bombing

Author: Gary Eichelberger (204.248.83.---)
Date: 03-23-06 09:44

No offense taken. I do not disagree with you on any of your points. I am simply acknowledging that we are often in a tough position of how to refer to ourselves other than "Americans" when we mean "U.S. Americans." There is no term to distinguish us from other Americas. Even "north Americans" doesn’t cover it. "United Stateians" does not work. We use what we're used to. My point simply was: When we fall back on "Americans" we shouldn’t be made to feel ignorant or stupid (especially someone who wants to come visit the island – a guest.)

Most folks know what we mean. For most of the world "Americans" means "U.S. Americans." But I understand the dissatisfaction that central and South Americans (and non-U.S. North Americans)feel with this arrangement.

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