RE: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes (wasRe:Hardworking?)

[Charlie Bell]

> At 11:11 PM 6/12/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> >You do realize of course that it takes only one non-smoking European
> >tourist to prove you wrong?
>
> Now I am completely confused.   Bob Zimmerman posted a completely
> sarcastic
> post as means of giving you a reverse perspective on this tourism issue.
> Now, you seem possibly to be seriously arguing against it, which
> means that
> really you're arguing against yourself.    In other words, *yes*
> Jeroen, it
> only takes one (or many, truth be told) polite, unnoticed, American
> tourists to prove *you* wrong.

We yet again have more evidence that America is unable to comprehend "taking
the piss". :o)

> >I considered most of your post to be not serious. As an
> European, I do find
> >this last paragraph somewhat insulting though.
>
> And *that* Jeroen, is what we Americans have been saying about your views
> all along.
>
> JDG

And you wonder why we can't take you seriously?

:oD

Charlie