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From: Greg Procter on 23 Dec 2007 14:55 Mr Travel wrote: > > Greg Procter wrote: > > > > > It's called 'English grammar'. > > "I take" in English is present tense. So what is your "english grammar" for "my philosophy in life and throughout my life is and has been to take ..." <sigh>
From: Greg Procter on 23 Dec 2007 14:58 Mr Travel wrote: > > Greg Procter wrote: > > > "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > > > >> > >>Are you suggesting England is not beyond N. America? > > > > > > > > No, that's your story. > > You claom the poem never made it outside the US, when it was written in > England. There was a war on - servicemen's poems rarely got international airing at that time. Was the poem published in Europe? BTW, I corrected "USa" to NA. (that's North America, as in Canada and the USa, but probably excepting Mexico etc where they probably give first refusal to poems in their own languages)
From: Greg Procter on 23 Dec 2007 21:10 Craig Welch wrote: > > Greg Procter <procter(a)ihug.co.nz> said: > > >Mr Travel wrote: > >> > >> Greg Procter wrote: > >> > "Mr. Travel" wrote: > >> > >> >> > >> >>There was no war declared by either side in the conflict. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > That seems to be an entirely yank concept! (see brainwashing) > >> > >> Great, please report the evidence that either side declared war on the > >> other. > > > > > >You really can't be _that_ stupid??? > > > >A B52 load of bombs deliberately dropped on a foreign nation constitutes > >a declaration of war in anyone's book - unless of course you can > >convince the recipients that it was an accidental deliberate act. > >(Huhh???) > > In that case, the US declared war on Iran when it shot down that > Airbus? That was definitely an act of war by most narions standards - an everyday act for the USa. > > China declared war on the US when its J-8IIM flew into the P-3C > Orion? Obviously an accident!
From: Mr. Travel on 24 Dec 2007 02:12 Greg Procter wrote: > Mr Travel wrote: > >>Greg Procter wrote: >> >> >>>"Mr. Travel" wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Jeff wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>"Craig Welch" <craig(a)pacific.net.sg> wrote in message >>>>>news:5k7jm3p9oqljfhauogac946kt3mgg23bts(a)4ax.com... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>"Mr. Travel" <mtravel(a)a.a> said: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>It is possible to be against a country without being in a war with them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>For example, look at Iran and North Korea. >>>>>>>We aren't at war with them. >>>>>>>By your logic, that means we are their friend. >>>>>> >>>>>>The US is still at war with North Korea. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Actually, there is no "war" between the U.S. and North Korea. This was a UN >>>>>action and the armastice (sp??) is between North and South Korea. >>>> >>>>As mentioned on M*A*S*H many times, it was a police action. >>> >>> >>>You were slaughtering Koreans to stop them from reuniting their own >>>country. >> >>You really don't read much, do you? > > > > I not only read but I also think about what I read. > Are you suggesting the US actions in Korea were _not_ intended to keep > Korea divided??? They were intended on keeping the Chinese and Russia supported communists from taking over the south.
From: Mr. Travel on 24 Dec 2007 02:13
Greg Procter wrote: > Mr Travel wrote: > >>Greg Procter wrote: >> >> >>>It's called 'English grammar'. >> >>"I take" in English is present tense. > > > So what is your "english grammar" for "my philosophy in life and > throughout my life is and has been to take ..." > <sigh> You said "I take". |