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Re: We don't live in America, America lives in US!
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Date: 
Thu, 13 Sep 2001 19:16:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> 
> "Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:GJM4AD.FL7@lugnet.com...
> > Found on the 'net:
> 
> > 
> >     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

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 animosity among the general populace back then, either. The
comment was made in historical reference and was clearly not intended to be
offensive to anyone or any group of people.

--
Jeromy Irvine



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  Re: We don't live in America, America lives in US!
 
"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:GJM4AD.FL7@lugnet.com... (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)

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