http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/2004/11/02/countries-versus-states/ The dynamic new way to bore you with stories about what I watched on TV last night. Or stuff about Macs, libertarianism, prog rock, cockatiels, mountains, travel, science fiction, the Web, and what a totally awesome guy I would be if I were anything like I would like to think I am. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:06:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/2004/11/02/countries-versus-states/#comment-477 Jim Cashel Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:46:17 +0000 http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/?p=168#comment-477 Excellent points. I confess that all of the "us vs. them" talk of the campaign always leaves me a bit bewildered, because in the world I inhabit, nations and personalities are so intermingled across borders. A small web site will have visitors from 50 countries; a small RFP will attract bids from a dozen countries; the last conference I went to had participants from 200 countries. If one hasn't travelled and lives in a homogenous demographic environment, maybe the "us vs. them" makes more sense. But to anyone else (such as those of us in blue states :) ), the reaction is "huh?" Excellent points. I confess that all of the “us vs. them” talk of the campaign always leaves me a bit bewildered, because in the world I inhabit, nations and personalities are so intermingled across borders. A small web site will have visitors from 50 countries; a small RFP will attract bids from a dozen countries; the last conference I went to had participants from 200 countries. If one hasn’t travelled and lives in a homogenous demographic environment, maybe the “us vs. them” makes more sense. But to anyone else (such as those of us in blue states :) ), the reaction is “huh?”

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