On Fri, 18 May 2007, K P wrote:
>>Charlotte, in my view you'd be wrong. Paderewski was hugely and
>>internationally famous as a pianist, whereas his fame as a Prime
>>Minister of Poland is largely limited to Poland ...
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>'''Ronald Wilson Reagan''' ...
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The United States is bigger and much more important in international
politics than Poland, and being president of it is much more notable. President of
the US and Prime Minister of Poland just don't produce equal amounts of fame.
If you look at the article for Grace Kelly, being an academy award winning
actress is mentioned before being princess of Monaco.
Right on. After all, size is all that matters,
Size isn't all that matters, but it's one thing that matters. (Or more
precisely, importance, which is often related to size.)
and only the last few hundred years of history
have any meaning.
I believe that Paderewski was a pianist and a Prime Minister during the
same historical time period. The same for Grace Kelly being an actress and
princess of Monaco.
I know a little bit about grammar and sometimes putting something at the end
of a sentence is supposed to draw attention to it, so mentioning something
first doesn't neccesarily mean it's more important. I don't deny the US is
important in world politics today, but that fails to take into account
anything that happened before the US even existed or any nationally
important stuff from other countries. Their influence doesn't matter. All
countries are notable and should be treated equally independantly of size or
influence.