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Re: We don't live in America, America lives in US!
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:59:00 GMT
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"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:GJM4AD.FL7@lugnet.com...
> Found on the 'net:
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> Yeah, we're fat, sloppy, easy-going goofs most of
> the time. That's an unfortunate image to project to
> the world, but it comes of feeling free and easy about
> the world you live in. It's unfortunate too, because
> people start to forget that when you attack Americans,
> they tend to fight like a cornered badger. The first
> we knew of the War of 1812, was when England burned
> Washington D.C. to the ground. Didn't turn out like
> England thought it was going to, and it's not going to
> turn out like you think, either. Sorry, but you're
> not the first bully on our shores, just the most
> recent.
Great.
So us English are bullies are we?
Cast in the same light as the terrorists of today.
And you want us to stand along side you?
Nice way to start asking for our assistance.
lawrence
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| (...) Excuse me? Were you directly involved in 1812? You're offended? One person writing about a known historical event to make a point means that you decide that England won't help the U.S. now? Where do you get off acting like this? Sounds like (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: We don't live in America, America lives in US!
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| (...) Calm down, please. Nobody is trying to cast England as a bully. The War of 1812 ended 200 years ago, and there's nobody alive today who harbors any resentment or ill feelings about it. For that matter, there really wasn't a whole lot of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Found on the 'net: Date: 9/11/2001 An open letter to a terrorist: Well, you hit the World Trade Center, but you missed America. You hit the Pentagon, but you missed America. You used helpless American bodies, to take out other American bodies, but (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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