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From: Doesn't Frequently Mop on 9 Oct 2007 02:12 Make credence recognised that on Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:18:18 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) has scripted: >Pat <Pat(a)starrynight.com> wrote: > >[] >> What you write makes me cringe because you are fulfilling the preconceived >> ideas of Europeans that Americans who travel abroad as ignorant and >> arrogant. > >That's the point- the notions are preconceived. Some of the stupidest >stuff I've read in this group over the years has been silly comments >about Americans with little basis in fact. What's so bad about nurturing a harmless prejudice? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Doesn't Frequently Mop on 9 Oct 2007 02:13 Make credence recognised that on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:41:32 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> has scripted: >On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:10:00 -0700, Iceman <oneofcold(a)yahoo.com> >wrote: > >>On Oct 8, 11:11 pm, Hatunen <hatu...(a)cox.net> wrote: >>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:18:18 +0100, d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk (David >>> Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: >>> >>> >Pat <P...(a)starrynight.com> wrote: >>> >>> >[] >>> >> What you write makes me cringe because you are fulfilling the preconceived >>> >> ideas of Europeans that Americans who travel abroad as ignorant and >>> >> arrogant. >>> >>> >That's the point- the notions are preconceived. Some of the stupidest >>> >stuff I've read in this group over the years has been silly comments >>> >about Americans with little basis in fact. >>> >>> On the other hand, I could say the same about many Europeans' >>> comments about Americans and America. Be careful in that glass >>> house. >> >>Much of the American right-wing thinks Europe is socialist, pacifist, >>and about to be taken over by Muslims, while European men are >>effeminate wine-drinking snobs and European women are size-zero sluts >>who refuse to have babies. > >Exactly how much of the American right-wing would that be? Or to >the nearest 10%? And what portion of Americans does the American >right-wing represent? That comment would have been ironic me thinks. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: d4g4h4 on 9 Oct 2007 04:50 Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:18:18 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David > Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >Pat <Pat(a)starrynight.com> wrote: > > > >[] > >> What you write makes me cringe because you are fulfilling the preconceived > >> ideas of Europeans that Americans who travel abroad as ignorant and > >> arrogant. > > > >That's the point- the notions are preconceived. Some of the stupidest > >stuff I've read in this group over the years has been silly comments > >about Americans with little basis in fact. > > On the other hand, I could say the same about many Europeans' > comments about Americans and America. Be careful in that glass > house. Dave, I've a feeling you didn't actually read what I wrote, no? -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"
From: Dave Smith on 9 Oct 2007 08:59 Hatunen wrote: > >That's the point- the notions are preconceived. Some of the stupidest > >stuff I've read in this group over the years has been silly comments > >about Americans with little basis in fact. > > On the other hand, I could say the same about many Europeans' > comments about Americans and America. Be careful in that glass > house. > Wait a sec... isn't that the same hand?
From: Lennart Petersen on 9 Oct 2007 09:40
"Carole Allen" <carolea7(a)comcast.net> skrev i meddelandet news:470acae4.2326906(a)news.individual.net... > On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:17:07 GMT, "Lennart Petersen" > <lennart.petersen(a)swipnet.se> wrote: >>They do provide a limited service free of charge but once you want a more >>comprehensive service you must pay a monthly fee for access. >> > Nomontly fees here in the US of which I am aware. > It's the same service wherever you're. A limited service or a trial for a few days is provided free. Then you've to subscribe and pay monthly or yearly for extended service with all details. http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/signup.aspx?offerid=0%3A7858%3A0&SourceId=&TargetId= |