Dear Time-Nutters I wish to humbly apologize to the over 749 subscribers to this list for my stupid rantings. I had a very bad day and this had pushed me into a manic state, which is a problem for someone with bipolar. Rest-assured, it will be a couple of weeks or so before I can dig myself out of the down state I have now fallen into, so your unlikely to hear from me. OK, stop the cheering now :)
I have nothing against the American people at all, I have family and friends there, even though I could have stuck my boot firmly up the backside of one famous US personage Yesterday, but that was only part of my stress. 73, Steve 2009/1/21 John Ackermann N8UR <[email protected]>: > Folks, this started out as an off-topic question about getting > inoculations, and has turned into something even more off-topic and less > informative. > > Time-nuts now has over 750 subscribers who joined the list because they > are interested in a high signal-to-noise ratio discussion of precise > time and frequency measurement. Let's respect their time and bandwidth > by limiting discussions to things within the list's charter. > > Specifically, let's close off this discussion of who's stereotyping whom > before it degenerates further. > > Thanks, > > John > YrSysAdmin > ---- > > John Day wrote: >> At 02:17 AM 1/20/2009, you wrote: >>> Chuck, >>> >>> Well, I've heard the same sort of stereotypical comments about the >>> Brits so many times I am fed up with them too. Besides which of those >>> comments can you say does not have an air of truth about them for >>> someone coming from England, or may other places in the World for that >>> matter. >>> >>> You've turned a simple friendly poke at the US system into an all out >>> attack on every US citizen. I read an article the other day about the >>> British "hacker" who "broke into" the military systems over there >>> looking for UFO data. The comments were that he should be given 70 >>> years inside, executed, and a whole lot of stuff about how this guy >>> was such a terrible criminal. No one talked about how the US military >>> had connected a system with secret classified data onto the Net with >>> no admin password. But apparently all the blame was on him. If you >>> leave your car with the door open and the keys in the ignition >>> wouldn't you expect to have it pinched. >>> >>> And whats this stuff about the land of the free, you guys have more >>> legislation on yourselves and on other countries people than many >>> other countries. I sat and watched all the discussion about shooting >>> guns at New Year and the chances of people getting killed. They get >>> killed anyway because it is so easy to get guns over there. Everybody >>> gets the chance to be a crim. Our police don't carry guns routinely >>> and we don't have a gun problem. Sure some idiots get hold of them, >>> and some innocent people get hurt or killed, but it's a major event in >>> this country when that happens, not just the way of life it is for you >>> guys. >>> >>> So please don't come back at me all innocent like and hurt. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Steve >> >> Steve, >> >> What you need to remember is that some Americans have a superiority >> complex - there is nothing of worth or value from anywhere else. We >> shouldn't take this to heart, this is the way they are educated. From >> a very early age Americans are taught that the US is the greatest >> country in the world. The American military is invincible, the >> American education system excels and everybody in the world wants to >> live in the US so we need to keep them out. >> >> Parts of this are true, the US is a great country. But no more so >> than Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany or just about any other >> country. Americans are proud of their country, but often >> unjustifiably so because their media and education system is severely >> xenophobic. >> >> The American military isn't bad, but invincible? Hardly. >> >> The US does have some good universities, but it doesn't mean any >> means have a caveat on good education. Illiteracy rates in the US are >> high for a first world nation. >> >> But to understand the attitude you need to know a lot about the US. >> Since 1973 I have lived in the US on several occasions. I have worked >> for US corporations and the US government. I have also had to live in >> a country where the rest of the world barely exists for the media. >> Where major government figures at the Federal and State level are >> almost totally ignorant of even their closest neighbour. >> >> So these days I live in a community of malcontents! Many of my >> friends here in Canada are Americans who have chosen not to live in >> the US for a variety of reasons. As an immigrant to this country I >> have spoken to many people to try and figure out how Canadians define >> themselves. The one core theme I detect is "we are not Americans". >> Having lived in the US I am happy not to live there now. But don't be >> discouraged, the sort of reaction you have seen here is fairly >> typical. On the whole Americans are very sensitive about any >> perceived criticism of their country and just don't seem to have a >> handle on anyone else's sense of humour. >> >> John >> (An Australian who has lived in too many places to recall). >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD & JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
