Gel: With all due respect, I'll be the first to admit that, while you may never have explicitly said that you hate Americans, I've certainly inferred from the tone of many of your posts that you do hate Americans (or America itself). If I've been wrong in that, I apologize.
But even as you explicitly state that you don't hate Americans, you follow that up with a blanket statement that begins with "Here we go again". If your "Here we go again" was aimed at one specific poster (or a handful of specific posters), that's all well and good and I'll just shut up and go about my Friday evening. But it seems to me that you're suggesting that all Americans are going to automatically leap to the conclusion that just because you disagree, you're unpatriotic or an America Hater. You're entitled to your opinion, as is everyone (regardless of nationality, ethnic background, religion, beer preference, etc). But you make it sound as if the fact that you disagree with any given American policy (or the opinion of any American citizen) means that ALL American citizens are going to label you. That's simply not the case. Hell, 90% of the people on this list (more specifically, 90% of the American people on this list) have disagreed publically with the policies of our current President, or the policies of many high-level decision-makers, or just disagreed with the opinions of other Americans who have expressed an opinion. You're not being labelled based on any specific opinion that you've expressed. -IF- you're being labelled, it's likely because a large majority of your posts are critical of America or American policies or the way American authorities handle a given situation (the bipolar guy getting shot in the airport leaps to mind). If every now and then you'd maybe say that you agree with something that's related to America...maybe people wouldn't be so quick to think of you as anti-American. But (and I speak for only myself here), I don't recall seeing anything even remotely "pro-American" come from you. So yes...I would have to say that if you (or anyone else) asked me whether or not I thought you hated Americans, I'd respond with yes. But it's not based on any one opinion that you've stated. It's based on everything that I can recall you posting here. And again...if I'm incorrect in that, I sincerely apologize. Charlie On 1/6/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, please note I never said I hated Americans. And I don't Hate Americans. > > Here we go again, painting those that disagree as either Unpatriotic > if they are American, or "American Haters" if they are foreigners. > > On 1/6/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, man, but I think that hating from afar because of what you hear > > and read is as bad as racial profiling. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191001 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
