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From: Hatunen on 9 Oct 2007 13:03 On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:38:28 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: >Lennart Petersen <lennart.petersen(a)swipnet.se> wrote: > >> "Hatunen" <hatunen(a)cox.net> skrev i meddelandet >> news:r9slg3t6s2elblp43fhbrgir2garc8tthe(a)4ax.com... >> > 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. >> >> Wasn't David Horne saying exactly that ? > >Yes! :) Ach. Yes. I did misread it. Dumb, dumb, dumb. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 9 Oct 2007 13:31 On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:03:22 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: >On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:38:28 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David >Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > >>Lennart Petersen <lennart.petersen(a)swipnet.se> wrote: >> >>> "Hatunen" <hatunen(a)cox.net> skrev i meddelandet >>> news:r9slg3t6s2elblp43fhbrgir2garc8tthe(a)4ax.com... >>> > 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. >>> >>> Wasn't David Horne saying exactly that ? >> >>Yes! :) > >Ach. Yes. I did misread it. Dumb, dumb, dumb. I'm going to plead Late Night Stupidity. I see I posted that at 23:41 -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Doesn't Frequently Mop on 9 Oct 2007 13:57 Make credence recognised that on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:02:22 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> has scripted: >On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:50:37 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David >Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > >>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? > >Oh. I wasn't really addressing that at *you*, but rather the >general *you*. Sorry about that. Badly written. Taxi for the desert dweller! :o) -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Doesn't Frequently Mop on 9 Oct 2007 13:59 Make credence recognised that on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:31:31 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> has scripted: >On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:03:22 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> >wrote: > >>On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:38:28 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David >>Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: >> >>>Lennart Petersen <lennart.petersen(a)swipnet.se> wrote: >>> >>>> "Hatunen" <hatunen(a)cox.net> skrev i meddelandet >>>> news:r9slg3t6s2elblp43fhbrgir2garc8tthe(a)4ax.com... >>>> > 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. >>>> >>>> Wasn't David Horne saying exactly that ? >>> >>>Yes! :) >> >>Ach. Yes. I did misread it. Dumb, dumb, dumb. > >I'm going to plead Late Night Stupidity. I see I posted that at >23:41 It's to your credit you acknowledged it. Let's see if you are forgiven! -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 9 Oct 2007 13:55
Doesn't Frequently Mop wrote: > 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? Is ANY prejudice truly "harmless"? Perhaps it comes from living with cats - you learn early that NO sentence beginning "All cats do (whatever)" is ever true - but I prefer to regard people as individuals, not lump them together as "they". |