At 20:34 27-9-01 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: > >but that does not mean I do not > > grieve for the WTC/Pentagon victims. > >And yet the noises you make say the opposite.
They do not. Now, if I would have said something like "you got what you deserved", you would be right in saying I apparently do not grieve for the WTC/Pentagon victims. However, I did not make such a remark. > > > We want our buildings back. > > > New Yorkers want their skyline back. > > > Business needs the office space. > > > Growth demands they be replaced. > > > > Not to mention the fact that a piece of land in New York is probably so > > horribly expensive that it would almost be criminal not to build something > > on it. > >Finally.....a comment that doesnt reek of criticism or sarcasm. Thank you. You're welcome. :-) > >It suggests that because I > > criticise the US, I also must feel an intense hatred of the US. > >Hatred is a relative word, but I used it in the generic sense. >You may dislike, despise, detest, abhor, loathe, object to, be annoyed by, > be offended by, and/or bear ill will toward some thing or another, >but it is all varying degrees of hate. The words "hate" and "hatred" indicate extremely strong feelings, considerably stronger than, say, a phrase like "be annoyed by". I think you ought to be a bit more careful with choosing the proper word/phrase in any given situation. When some idiot motorist makes that well-known gesture with his middle finger, I might feel offended, but I do not *hate* him for it. Yesterday, going home after work by bike, there was a guy riding his bike about ten meters ahead of me. He was smoking and the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, so the smoke blew directly in my face. I found that very annoying, but I did not feel *hate* towards that man. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://go.to/brin-l
