tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post8322895346718746061..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: 'Ralph Lauren, pas cher!'Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-46569976466939266572008-04-19T18:10:00.000-04:002008-04-19T18:10:00.000-04:00Aesthetic elitism. Brilliant. A culture is bette...Aesthetic elitism. Brilliant. A culture is better, not because of its virtue, or even its intellect and ideas, but because of its sense of fashion and taste in food. This is indeed a common attitude in both Europe and New York, but it's passing strange nonetheless.Andrew Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453328821252013152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-51486612344834112802008-04-19T17:21:00.000-04:002008-04-19T17:21:00.000-04:00I gather you are joking a bit , but you sound a bi...I gather you are joking a bit , but you sound a bit like a self hating American here.<BR/><BR/>Next time you go to Europe, keep your eyes wide open. There are plenty of slobs east of the Rhine.<BR/><BR/>Been to Edinborough lately?<BR/><BR/>Anyway - cross Atlantic tourists are not a representive sample.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-84014734157565083642008-04-18T17:50:00.000-04:002008-04-18T17:50:00.000-04:00Who cares what the Europeans think of us? If they...Who cares what the Europeans think of us? If they choose to be so rude as to express their negative opinion of America, I will gladly express my negative opinion of Europe. Or sit in silence with a glassy smile on my face. But their opinion is of no value.Withywindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465319711207992232noreply@blogger.com