Originally Posted by Ron G.
Is it necessarily a reasonable comparison to make between the artistic accomplishments of a culture that is barely four centuries old and its European parentage that has 2.5 millennia of development? Or to the East Asian cultures that you so obviously admire and their four millennia of artistic treasure?

The point you make is worthy of consideration, but it merely shrinks the arena of comparisons to a span of four centuries. During that four centuries, Europe has vastly outshone America in art and letters.

Moreover, America has not sprung from the forehead of Zeus; in the main, it is a side-branch of European culture. That makes the degeneration into barbarism of its culture all the more appalling,

Last edited by numan; 08/23/09 03:39 PM.