Abstract
When I reflected on President Bush ending his speech on the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor what I could only assume to be an aside, America, the greatest country the world has ever seen, I couldn't help musing on two possible but contradictory readings or interpretations of that comment. Some would no doubt read it as patriotic while others would condemn it as jingoistic or chauvinistic. Wildly different readings of the videotape of the police bashing of Rodney King sparked riots and disorder in Los Angeles earlier this year. While millions throughout the country protested that the videotape evidence was so clear that it would not have been possible to acquit the police officers, the jurors maintained that their interpretation of the events shown on the videotape was made with full conviction.
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