From: Ross A. Finlayson (extropy@apexinternetsoftware.com)
Date: Wed Nov 27 2002 - 03:36:14 MST
On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 06:09 PM, Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:29:56 PM Central Standard Time,
> asa@nada.kth.se writes: yes, the US is capitalist and uncultured, but
> it is
> not the taliban.
>
> You know I think that one statement sort of sums up the rest of
> your
> email. You may not know this but some of our earlier poets and some of
> the
> European visitors remarked on the Americans being a new and better kind
> of
> people. I don't know of my own knowledge if that is true or not.
> But I do suspect there is a gulf between us that is wider than
> the
> Atlantic Ocean that seperates us physically
There are big huge gulfs that separate us individually.
> If I read you correctly you are willing to assist us against the
> Al
> Qaeda if we let you run the show. Is this correct? How many front line
> soldiers would you contribute if we allowed you to take over? Any?
I don't have any front line soldiers, not counting myself. Are you
personally willing to gung ho over there?
I would conscientiously object, I'm only interested in defending
American soil and American peoples and freedoms on American soil.
> You are willing accept our 3,000 dead but you want to describe
> us as
> uncultured. Is that for morning our dead? Is that because we are so
> gauche
> as to love one another? We are willing to give you credit for the
> artists
> you have, the museums, & the Universities but tell me do you know the
> rough
> ratio of college grads in Europe and in the US? Do you know the
> number of
> symphonys per capita. How about the museums? How many of the great
> Universities are over there compared to the ones we have? If you are
> such
> cultured genuises how come we can't turn out our low brow music fast
> enough
> to supply you? I don't know the answers to these questions but I have
> heard
> it said that at the time of our revolution we had more college grads per
> capita in Boston than existed in any major city in the world. I know
> we have
> came a long way and we haven't stopped yet. It seems to me that we give
> credit to you for what you do good but too many of your people walked
> around
> in a stuffed shirt and a puffed up attitude. You recognise correctly
> that we
> have hillbillies but you over look your own Alp Apes -- believe me we
> see
> both very clearly.
> Sorry if I have blasted off at you but I am getting a little
> tired of
> European airs. We lost about 3000 people because we were supposedly
> insufficiently religious in the eyes of some barbarians. About all we
> have
> heard from the Europeans is a put down of our country. I can't speak
> for
> others but so far as I am concerned you Europeans can either fish, cut
> bait
> or get off the bank. As W put it you are either on our side or you are
> against us -- I am rapidly getting the idea where you stand.
> Ron h.
>
> BTW, I often speak of being part Cherokee. I have seen the Europeans
> that
> came here and the ones that stayed home. Believe me, we got the best
> on that
> deal. <G> Seriously, looking at the bulk of what you have written
> and the
> respect others have shown you, you seem like not only a decent guy but a
> capable one as well. Come on over and spend some time, you will like
> it.
> We always have room for one more good one.
>
I'll blast off at you.
I hate Bush. I detest Bush. I think Bush is a huge criminal, among a
bunch of criminals. I despise Bush. I call him names that aren't
allowed on network television. When I see his image, I flip it off.
I didn't have a problem with the guy until the presidency was most
recently stolen.
Being American, I'm against terrorism. In fact, if I was in charge of
removing terrorism from the world, there might be a lot less of it.
Then again, there'd be a bunch of lampposts with terrorist corpses
hanging off of them.
Ross
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