The American Way?

[Quantum]

There is a famous phrase that goes like this:

"Truth, justice, and the American way".

So when one actually thinks about it, you'll notice hat the words "American Way" are actually separate from "truth, justice".

And here I've always been taught that the American way was for truth and justice. But now, that I see that it is a separation from truth and justidce, I have to wonder what those two word "American Way" actually means.

So what do they mean?

 

[Bullgrit]

I don't put too much weight on the meaning of a catch phrase from a 40s radio show about a comic book super hero.

Where did that specific phrase come from? According to Mark Waid, a former DC Comics editor, it first turned up on the innovative "Adventures of Superman" radio series, which ran, off and on, from 1940 to 1951. It was the radio show, not the comic book, that introduced many facets of the Superman myth.

After the television show, "truth, justice and the American way" became synonymous with the Superman saga; indeed, every Superman since has had to grapple with the phrase's legacy. The 1966 Saturday morning cartoon, "The New Adventures of Superman," tried a strategy of substitution: Children were told Superman's fight was for "truth, justice and freedom."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/opinion/30iht-ederik.2093103.html

Bullgrit

 

[Marius Delphus]

During the Cold War, the phrase was understood to have something to do with the free-market economy and representative democracy as contrasted with socialism and Communism. It has been understood in subtly different ways throughout history, but as differentiated from "truth [and] justice" it probably has connotations similar to "Mom and apple pie."

American way - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[frankthedm]

There is a famous phrase that goes like this:

"Truth, justice, and the American way".

So when one actually thinks about it, you'll notice hat the words "American Way" are actually separate from "truth, justice".

And here I've always been taught that the American way was for truth and justice. But now, that I see that it is a separation from truth and justice, I have to wonder what those two word "American Way" actually means.

So what do they mean?

really hard to delve into this without delving into politics, but lets just say it involves similar reasoning why Erathas is not a Lawful Good god in 4E.

 

[Relique du Madde]

It's obviously a company slogan.

 

[Mark Chance]

The conjunction "and" doesn't separate; it joins.

 

[Bullgrit]

The conjunction "and" doesn't separate; it joins.

Like "Up, up, and away!"?

Bullgrit

 

[jaerdaph]

I always thought of "The American Way" as shorthand for "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness".

Or perhaps "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet"...

 

[rgard]

I always thought of "The American Way" as shorthand for "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness".

You win! XPs coming right up!

 

[Bedrockgames]

As someone pointed out, the "and" joins the American way with the universal concepts of truth and justice. I would agree with those that American way was probably short hand for democracy and free market in the context of the cold war.