Peter, Lordy, lordy, lordy. Many of us Americans are more liberal, and tolerant than that!
I appreciate a variety of viewpoints. Another $0.02 worth. Eric Thompson S/V Procrastinator South San Francisco [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Gelinas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Weapons aboard Oh Jesus ..... You've just put your foot in a wasp nest 'mate'. The list is run by Americans. The list moderator is American. They don't want to hear what you have just said. Where are cruising at the moment? Peter From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 20:28:19 -0800Subject: [Liveaboard] Weapons aboard I just recently joined the new list it seems to work very well, thanks to all who made that possible. Though I rarely take part in the ideological discussions that pop up from time to time, I do have a comment regarding the weapons issue. It seems that most posters to this list are American, and often forget, that we are a few at least, who do not, and cannot pay allegiance to the American flag or way of life. We do not support your troops as someone’s heading so boldly encourages us to, and we do not have the same worldview as most of you have. I have lived in most mid east countries, including Iran and Afghanistan and Pakistan for more than 20 years, and in each of these I have worked with Americans and Europeans as well. It is my experience that most Americans are somewhat “handicapped” when it comes to socializing and problem solving, in very stressed and dangerous situations. They often resort to threats and violence as a means of solving a conflict, very soon after the conflict has developed. Europeans appear to be much better suited to diplomacy and compromise, which is imperative if one wants to survive in the big wide world. Most Americans put hard against hard almost from the get go, and though most claims to be from “Gods own country” J they forget the small verse in the book they all claim to believe in, the Bible, which says “a soft answer turns away wrath”. I find this a bit troublesome and rather significant. I would encourage all Americans Cruising in international waters, to refrain from carrying weapons, for the obvious legal reasons, and instead try to read a few books on problem solving and diplomacy. If however, you cruise in American waters you will encounter mostly “your own kind” and a Mossberg 12 gauge with a 45 for a backup, seems appropriate. Maybe throw in a AK 47 and a rocket launcher just in case you need to sink the Pirate schooner, after you killed everyone aboard, for having the balls to come within 100 feet of your vessel. ( I knew he was a pirate, I heard the Parrot J ) I also apologize ahead of time for having offended some of you. By the way that is another thing that you could brush up on all of you Americans, Humor and a bit of self irony. A good sense of humor , stirred in with friendliness and kindness will often solve a good many of the problems that you encounter out there on the high seas. Regards John SV FreeSpirit _________________________________________________________________ Exercise your brain! Try Flexicon! http://puzzles.sympatico.msn.ca/chicktionary/index.html?icid=htmlsig -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
