for me to mull over fireworks and bbqs. Our civic holidays are rather lousy. They're barely a chance for families to make up for the lack of "quality time" together. Families may gather to be spectators, but there is very little cult, very little community. There may be some vague remembrance about "freedom," all very suitable for those purveyors of the proposition nation ideology, but it's little more than a show.
It reminds me of this piece:
Intellectual consumerism
Having the right beliefs,, emotions, and public demonstrations makes for a very shallow form of civic life.
In Cupertino, do the Indians and Chinese mix for the 4th of July?
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