Comments on: Boast Of The Smallness! http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/04/04/boast-of-the-smallness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boast-of-the-smallness n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Larison http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/04/04/boast-of-the-smallness/comment-page-1/#comment-9915 Daniel Larison Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:43:57 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/04/04/boast-of-the-smallness/#comment-9915 It would probably have been more common at mid-century or in the early 20th century, but I am not sure that it has ever been so commonplace in other countries as it is here. Then again, you have things like, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saare_Jahan_Se_Achcha" rel="nofollow">"Saare Jahan Se Achcha, Hindustan Hamara,"</a> which is incidentally quite lovely when performed. It would probably have been more common at mid-century or in the early 20th century, but I am not sure that it has ever been so commonplace in other countries as it is here. Then again, you have things like, “Saare Jahan Se Achcha, Hindustan Hamara,” which is incidentally quite lovely when performed.

]]> By: John http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/04/04/boast-of-the-smallness/comment-page-1/#comment-9912 John Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:56:08 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/04/04/boast-of-the-smallness/#comment-9912 Thanks very much for the kind words, Daniel. Does anyone have a sense of how common this sort of rhetoric is in countries other than the US? Is this "greatest country in the world" mantra a distinctively American phenomenon, or does everyone go in for it? Thanks very much for the kind words, Daniel.

Does anyone have a sense of how common this sort of rhetoric is in countries other than the US? Is this “greatest country in the world” mantra a distinctively American phenomenon, or does everyone go in for it?

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