----- Original Message ----- From: "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 4:05 AM Subject: RE: Profit RE: World Attitude (was: Re: Down Under Attitude)
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: dendriite [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Verzonden: Thursday, September 27, 2001 2:03 AM > > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Onderwerp: Re: Profit RE: World Attitude (was: Re: Down Under > > Attitude) > > > > You know, having to explain myself over and over again because people > > > are not capable of understanding what I say, and having to correct > > > such people over and over again is, to say the least, getting very > > > tiresome. It is however one hell of a way to kill a discussion... :( > > > > The death of thousands of Americans in NYC and DC is one of the saddest > > things to happen during my lifetime. Jeroen, I seriously doubt you > > appreciate how much *I* grieve for them and their families, and I am > > only one out of three hundred million Americans and uncountable > > millions elsewhere who are feeling much the same way I do. > > Your doubts are completely unnecessary. I do not understand why you would > have those doubts in the first place. [sudden change of subject] > I do not believe that an all-out war > against Afghanistan is the right approach, I honestly believe you misinterpret the intentions and the current attitude of the American people and their government. >but that does not mean I do not > grieve for the WTC/Pentagon victims. And yet the noises you make say the opposite. > > I fail to see, BTW, what your grieve for the victims has to do with some > people not being able to correctly interpret my writings. Am I to feel sorry for you? Your attitude is distinctly antagonistic. Trust is the foundation of friendship, but the constant stream of criticism poured on America > on us > on me (it is very hard to not take it personally), is inimical to trust. > > > > 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. > > > > One might suspect that you would prefer some dead monument so that you > > might point at it and say "Look, there is where America was kicked in > > the teeth", or "There lies the fruit of Americas villanny". > > I thoroughly resent that scathing remark. Be glad we are not on usenet sir. Be very glad. >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. > Exactly > where, when and why did you get the idea that I would prefer some dead > monument and say the things that you think I would say? By the apparent glee you take in rebuking America. > > > > I honestly wonder at the depth of your hatred of America. > > I do not hate America. A guilty pleasure or what? > If I did, why would I have spent so much time trying > to get our 5th Anniversary Party organised, a party that was to take place > in the United States? And why would I have planned a three-weeks vacation in > the US and Canada around the time the Party was to take place, if I feel > such an intense hatred of the US? Professional contrarians have been known to travel great distances between polar extremes. I have never been what one might call an uber-patriot. But by heaping great quantities of criticism upon us during a time of mourning and utter sadness, without a kind word or any motion suggesting compassion, you have behaved in a manner *I* find *almost* unforgivable. xponent rob
