what say we give this thread a week and then put a lid on it. instead of everyone adding a comment and saying theirs should be the last, why don't we encourage everyone to say what they want to for seven days, let out all that latent anti-americanism or suppressed feelings of patriotism and then, hopefully, we can bury this thing dead-dead-dead and get back to discussing the minutiae of our mutually shared interest.
agreed? gin clear - bill On Marted�, mag 25, 2004, at 17:06 Europe/Rome, Ariel Abramovich wrote: > Craig, > Your opinions on politics aren't welcome either, no matter how bad you > feel > as an American. > As a South American, I could have many motivations to express my > opinions > about US successive government's idea of "democracy" and "solidarity", > but I > keep them for a more appropriated context. No one cares here about > what I > think or feel about that, as no one cares what's your view of global > politics, or what your patriotic feelings are. > If members like you, offended or not by Arto's attitude (no matter how > rational or irrational his positions turned to be) insist in expressing > their own political- moral opinion (I've been posting a couple of > messages > warning about that) in the same email in which they condemn the use of > this > list for that purposes, keep in mind that you're not respecting the > decision > of the majority of the list's members, plus you're being incoherent and > unfair with many of us. > Once more: either we all speak freely, or we all keep the conflict's > subject > off. > Regards, > Ariel. > >
