please pass the non-sequitur
Yesterday a small contingent of my extended family celebrated a belated Christmas. Here’s an excerpt from one of our stirring dinner-table discussions.
Me: …First the colonists and then American corporations destroyed the land and local economies of a lot of South American countries, so now people who live there have no choice but to work in the crappy factory jobs provided by American manufacturers.
Relative: But America saved Europe during World War II!
And the sad thing is, everyone was sober.
Me: …First the colonists and then American corporations destroyed the land and local economies of a lot of South American countries, so now people who live there have no choice but to work in the crappy factory jobs provided by American manufacturers.
Relative: But America saved Europe during World War II!
And the sad thing is, everyone was sober.
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