Subj : Re: [OT] Iraq, USA, World, politics, etc. (Was Re: Mandrake vs Suse) To : comp.os.linux From : Willem van der Berg Date : Thu Aug 26 2004 08:16 pm On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:47:51 -0700, SkipC wrote: > Willem van der Berg wrote in message news:... >> It's complete bullocks. I actually laughed when I read that bit. Probably >> the kind of person who boycots french fries too :) >> (note: an American decided to call them french fries, probably because he >> was too ignorant to realise that some Belgians may speak French but >> certainly aren't from France). > > God bless you for your words of love and acceptance. You're certainly > free to continue thinking I'm an arrogant airhead who only listens to > propaganda (I'm sure Europe is free of such problems). All I know is, > we live our lives based on what we know. I'm living based on what I > read in media outlets from around the world, not just the nightly news > from our American networks. That doesn't mean I believe everything, > whether American or European or whatever. I simply read and try my > best to understand world events. One world event that's very > self-evident is, people think all we Americans are stupid and > misguided. How arrogant is that? It's not only arrogant to say, it's > simply untrue. To think our President didn't win the election fairly? > Talk about false propaganda :-) Sorry, but I live in the very state > where the election was contested.. Every subsequent recount of votes > verified Bush won. It's true the race was close, but it's undeniable > that he won. If you think that's untrue or stupid, sorry, but I beg to I am sorry for my negative tone Skip. I get frustrated too. > strongly disagree.. Anyway, I do hope one day hostile attitudes toward > our nation will cease. Whether our leaders are right or not, we're a > peace loving people and shouldn't be judged so harshly. Cheers to you, > Skip Don't confuse people with government. I sincerely believe your leaders hold no principles whatsoever, except self-serving ones. Not that it's any different from other nation's leaders, it's just that yours have the ability to destroy us all. And that is scary stuff. For your own and our protection we need a strong Europe and China for example to keep your nation from abusing it's power. Like it has been doing for some years now. There is nothing wrong with your people, not more than there is wrong with 'my' people or the rest of the world. Cheers to you too, Willem .