 | | From: | stevejdufour at yahoo.com | | Subject: | Re: Why do Filipinos love the USA and Americans? | | Date: | 18 Jan 2005 22:56:16 -0800 |
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 | Thanks. Interesting thoughts. I work with a Filipino-American man, his
parents are first generation, who and his two brothers all volunteered
to fight in Viet Nam. Generally I've found F-A's to be more patriotic
than most white Americans.
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| | From: | Jeffrey Salzberg | | Subject: | Re: Why do Filipinos love the USA and Americans? | | Date: | Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:49:12 -0500 |
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| In article <1106117776.489550.74980@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
stevejdufour@yahoo.com says...
> Thanks. Interesting thoughts. I work with a Filipino-American man, his
> parents are first generation, who and his two brothers all volunteered
> to fight in Viet Nam. Generally I've found F-A's to be more patriotic
> than most white Americans.
It's more accurate to say that 1st and 2nd generation Americans are more
overtly patriotic than are those whose families have been here longer.
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| | From: | Xianghua71 | | Subject: | Re: Why do Filipinos love the USA and Americans? | | Date: | Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:04:37 -0500 |
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| "Jeffrey Salzberg" wrote in message
news:MPG.1c582f66afa00ac8989e57@news.comcast.giganews.com...
> In article <1106117776.489550.74980@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> stevejdufour@yahoo.com says...
>> Thanks. Interesting thoughts. I work with a Filipino-American man, his
>> parents are first generation, who and his two brothers all volunteered
>> to fight in Viet Nam. Generally I've found F-A's to be more patriotic
>> than most white Americans.
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> It's more accurate to say that 1st and 2nd generation Americans are more
> overtly patriotic than are those whose families have been here longer.
My dad is a big Republican even though he has no clue why.
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