On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, J. van Baardwijk wrote: > > What is it with you Americans that you can not even answer a simple > question? For example, my question about being happy that you got away with > a warning from the police, instead of a speeding ticket, was met with some > fierce responses about "false analogies", but nobody bothered to actually > answer the question.
Because you're not the damn police. Why should anyone be happy that someone who's not the police "graciously" declines to give them a ticket? Why should I let you unilaterally define the terms of a conversation so that it can only go your way? Marvin Long Austin, Texas
