<div><font face="sans-serif"><div><span style="line-height:19.190340042114258px">I understood the term "US Exceptionalism" to mean something along the lines that US culture was in some what superior. Guru, your comment encouraged a search, and finding a result on wikipedia "American exceptionalism is the proposition that the United States is different from other countries in that it has a specific world mission to spread liberty and democracy." And this would fit with Riaz's use, given the context. </span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:19.190340042114258px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:19.190340042114258px">To the first, hard to think how US culture is superior (special and often great, and often not so great). Second, idea that the US has some god given mission to spread liberty and democracy does seem to live on in the US State department and they seem blind of the hyprocacry of (etc etc) Bradley Manning, SOPA, Guantanamo Bay... and (IG/IGF context) sale by US companies of software/hardware that enables repressive regimes to block/track/monitor etc (as discussed at the 1st IGF, when Google and Cisco were criticized.)</span></div>
<div style="line-height:19.190340042114258px"><br></div><div style="line-height:19.190340042114258px">I don't recall support the notion of US Exceptionalism from anyone on this list. </div><div style="line-height:19.190340042114258px">
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</span></font></div><div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19.190340042114258px"><br></span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Guru गुरु <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Guru@itforchange.net" target="_blank">Guru@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Exceptionalism.... of course these matters are discussed
and debated, but dare to do anything about it and then
those will be put in their place, or no?]<br>
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<div> The Overzealous Prosecution of
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<div>A very good question; I personally don't subscribe to a
view of US Exceptionalism </div>
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John,<br>
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Do you mean you do not think US is exceptional / it is wrong to
believe that the US is exceptional<br>
or<br>
Do you mean that there is no belief prevalent about US
exceptionalism<br>
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Can you elaborate on this remark<br>
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thanks,<br>
Guru<br>
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