dougie@its63b.ed.ac.uk (Dougie Nisbet) (05/17/88)
In article <884@actnyc.UUCP> jsb@actnyc.UUCP (The Invisible Man) writes: >In article <1317@its63b.ed.ac.uk> dougie@its63b.ed.ac.uk (Dougie Nisbet) writes: >)In article <859@actnyc.UUCP> jsb@actnyc.UUCP (The Invisible Man) writes: >)> >)>(This is too easy...) Where do you get off flaming a news group that you don't >)>even receive? Is it the title that you find offensive? Is it those unruly >)>Americans you don't like? >)> Hmmmmm, well now that you mention it ... >) >)Jamie's reaction is perhaps excessive, but understandable. The incredibly > >Perhaps my reacion was excesive too. Is it understandable? > Well, probably yes; but since I hate rhetoric, No. >)overwhelming impression I receive of American's not realising that their >)posting permiate all over the world is probably felt by many others. >)(No, I don't want to buy your concert tickets, or rent your apartment, >) its just a teeny bit out of the way ...) > >Yes I'm aware of this stereotype of Americans. They think everyone speaks >English too. > You don't mean .... Gosh, well I never! > >Groups don't have such aims. Individuals do. [... Hey! I like that! Can I send it into the Reader's Digest? > ... I'm an American and I've also >been known to post to talk.bizarre but I don't fit these sterotypes. >Fortunately, I'm not the type of person who would draw the conclusion from >your and Jamie's postings that all Britishers see the world in stereotypes >but my tentative conclusion is that the 2 of you do. > Well, I'm glad its tentative, especially since Jamie posted from Switzerland. (Welcome to Britain Jamie!). >)> >)>-- >)> "When you awake, you will remember everything" >)> jim (uunet!actnyc!jsb) >) >)Yes, very good, very moving, very deep. Right now I need aphorisms >)like I need holes in my heads HHGTTG > >Perhaps you feel that this is a constructive response? ...etc. >Gosh, how can I bear your biting sarcasm. > Touche >-- > "Notitiae gratia notitiarum" Whit's tha' aw aboot then. Is i' Glesgae fur Irn' Bru or summat? > jim (uunet!actnyc!jsb) Dougie (who dusnae ken a wurd ae la'in)