Hey, boys and girls...believe me when I tell you that you WILL NOT FIND a
friendlier person on this list than Fred Thomas! Can we PLEASE change the
Subject line on these posts too let him off the hook? Better yet, find
another subject to harp on! Enough already!! Just my .02. Thanks.
Michael Ferguson
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 1:31 PM
To: jonmac
Cc: dkveuro@flash.net; Triumphs List; Albert F Jones; Spitfires List
Subject: Re: Fred Thomas' post on friendship (UNSEEN?)
Hey John!
For your information, we don't want them here in the desert either!! :)
Joe
jonmac wrote:
>
> > I was not offended by your remarks, I just couldn't see
> how Fred's message
> >on friendship had any bearing on Francois's ability to
> write in English -
> >something that _he_ does extremely well.
>
> >>My dear Mr Jones.
> >> Jonmac was referring to a post we may not have seen .
>
> Hole in one! I was greatly tempted to forward that post so
> the whole list could see there is one among us who either
> enjoys a practical joke or if not, has a totally different
> side to his character that to date, has not come through on
> his posts.
>
> I greatly enjoyed Fred Thomas' post on Friendship and it
> triggered something I'd had in mind for some weeks. Namely,
> that we
> should actively encourage those who find English difficult
> to submit questions in their own language or whatever
> English they can muster. An individual or a group could then
> help to answer the query - as many have already done. I have
> had a number of favourable replies to that suggestion - with
> one exception. This was from someone who is so biased that
> it's clear he is totally intolerant of anyone who does not
> share his absolute, arrogant, narrow-minded and bigoted
> view. We have some in England like that as well, so this
> isn't new. All I would say (and you know who you are if you
> read this) is do the world a favour and stay in America -
> and for the sake of your countrymen and women, choose a
> desert. While co-existing with rattlesnakes and cacti, apply
> yourself to the classics and learn the structure, spelling
> and grammar that is the English language. This will
> hopefully later enable you to write and spell - a skill
> which so far as I could see is something that is totally
> lacking in you. It grieves me that in this respect you and I
> share a fairly common language - and also a love of the same
> make of car.
>
> Rant mode off
>
> Jonmac
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