🚀 go-pugleaf

On 2 May 2006 08:53:46 -0700, "magnate" <chrisc@dbass.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>Lemming wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 May 2006 03:02:35 GMT, KeithB <nospam@spambin.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hmm, it *looks* like an apology, but ...
>>
>[snip]
>> Translation: American Foreign Policy sucks.
>>
>> Hint: UK Foreign Policy sucks too.
>
>Dude, that's because UK foreign policy is determined by America! While
>Tony Blair is leader, at least. There was an interesting article this
>weekend about what would happen to UK foreign policy under different
>successors. Jack Straw is probably the best bet for breaking out of the
>poodle mentality.
>
>[snip]
>
>> Translation: I want to avoid further revealing myself as a shallow,
>> boring twat with no empathy for my fellow humans and now I need to
>> find a a way to justify it.  All I have to do is play the "freedom of
>> speech" card and that will fool those dumb Americans into thinking I'm
>> a good guy after all.
>
>LoL! That is quite funny, if a bit harsh.
>
>[snip]
>
>> Translation: I found yet another excuse to rehearse my personal hobby
>> horse (AKA American Foreign Policy Sucks v All Americans Are Morons)
>> and I now realise I made an arse of myself again.
>
>I just had this exact issue on alt.games.diablo2. Is someone who
>doesn't like the policies of the Israeli government an anti-semite? I
>think not.
>
>It is painfully easy to sound like you're saying "americans are morons"
>when you mean to say "America is ruled by very bad people pursuing very
>bad policies". Really and truly, most of us only mean the latter. It's
>just that it gets us really steamed and we start to sound like we're
>slating individual americans, when most of them don't deserve it. 

We Americans are easily offended.

Lemming
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