--- Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > Ritu Ko wrote: > > > Well, the meaning was clear in any case. But the > problem is that I don't > > see how I could have changed the way it was > perceived. I mean, I know > > why I wrote the above comment, I included a '<g>' > and ':)' to indicate I was joking.... > > Would ';)' have been a better emoticon? > > I've noticed that some are essentially humorless > when it comes to > nationalistic topics. ;o) I for one got the drift of > Ritu's message right > away. It didn't look particular polarizing/offensive > to me. But that might be because I'm a Europeen.
I thought it was funny, meant to be amusing; not a slam, but irreverent in a 'Saturday Night Live' kind of way. Not to be taken seriously, in other words. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
