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Re: Happy (U.S.) Independence Day!!!
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Date: 
Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:36:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Tim Romine writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Eduardo Vazquez Harte writes:
> > Let forget what I posted OK?
> 
> We'll try.

> In what way?  How are Europeans acting in a superior way to Americans as
> evidenced on LUGNET?


We don't think that we are superior just we don't act like americans.

> 
> Well, I don't go waving any flags or anything, but why does it offend you
> that someone would celebrate their nation by posting something on LUGNET?


Good, it doesn't offend me, I don't like the way you "americans" are
always super proud of being americans, born in america and or proud of
being born on 4 of July some of you americans.

> Once again, how do Americans make you sick?  I don't understand the venom in
> your posts.


Read down.

> Please understand, I'm not trying to stir anything up.  I just don't
> understand how tempers flared up over what I thought was a fairly harmless
> post.  What happened?


America is not like before may be lol.

> Although I am a U.S. citizen, I'm not caught up in the wave of unreasonable

I knew it.

> patriotism that has erupted since the September 11th attack on the *world*

Great that you are not another idiot like many that I know.

> trade center.  So many Americans forget that this was an attack that killed
> citizens of many nations, not just Americans.  Just to be clear, I am far

You are right about them that was an attack against the world not only USA
but since they decided to take it as anti-usa attack well they can ....
I better be quited.

> less concerned about the anti-USA vein of your posts than I am the emotional
> response and venom posted to LUGNET.  One of the things I thoroughly enjoy
> about LUGNET, is that it allows me to communicate with LEGO fans (like

Same here, LEGO rules!!!

> myself) all over the world.  None of us can choose where we were born, so it
> seems a little silly to me to generalize about citizens of any particular
> nation, or for that matter, to be proud of where you were born.  I am a

Yes is stupid this think about example: is better be born in EU than US or Irak.

> citizen of Planet Earth.  So are you.  Let's all get along, and keep the
> LUGNET stuff about LEGO's and *not* about politics.  Please?


Yeah good idea I made an idiot of myself with this posts lucky that I didn't
get banned out of LUGNET

> Eduardo, you have contributed with cool animations and have worked hard to
> get past many obstacles to achieve some really great projects.  I really
> don't want to lose your input to LUGNET, but please bear in mind that not
> all Americans are like those you see on the media.  Some of us are reasonable.


OK well let just play well.

CU

> Once again, let's all get along.
> 
> Thank you for your time and patience.
> 
> Tim Romine
> AFOL for life



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  Re: Happy (U.S.) Independence Day!!!
 
Hey: I rarely play the compartmentalized dork cop, but could y'all take these non-cad.dat.parts discussions either offline or at least to off-topic.debate? -- Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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  Re: Happy (U.S.) Independence Day!!!
 
(...) We'll try. (...) In what way? How are Europeans acting in a superior way to Americans as evidenced on LUGNET? (...) Well, I don't go waving any flags or anything, but why does it offend you that someone would celebrate their nation by posting (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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