Yeah. Besides the first thread that said the French were Devil Spawn and
they think of us Yanks as sewer scum, most of what I said was just to liven
things up a little and make life more interesting.
People everywhere, especially in great nations such as the US, UK, and
France to name a few have seemingly become complacent in their soft lives
easy lives. Just look at our presedential election. Most people turn the
TV on, check to see if there's been a decision, get bored and then turn the
channel to "Ally McBeal".
My statements were inflammatory, generalized, and mostly just to get some
people to answer and defend their beliefs. I was hoping for somebody to
say,"Well you Americans are pushy assholes". Or whatever.
And yes one would probably have to meet every person in that nation to
make judgemnt of the people. But alas, it doesnt happen that way. People
make judgements, usually from first impressions or what has been told by
our parents/grandparents. Maybe this is wrong but it is human nature.
I read an email, something popped in my mind and I spoke on it. Get over
it.
I am fully aware that this list is to talk about Triumphs and there are
other avenues for discussions such as this but damn it has been dreadfully
boring and this thread on snaps for softtops is been talked to death soooo
much it was driving me nuts. Lets talk about engines, or suspensions or
something.
As for my comments on the wars. I guess I get some of that from my PRO IRA
Irish Grandpa who survided D-Day, My Father and Step Father who fought in
Vietnam and my hippie Mother. I honestly apologize if I offended any one
out there who fought in one of these wars. Front line war is nothing like
what I experienced in the Marines in IRAQ straffing hundreds of jr
terrorists in my gunship. Killing is killing I guess.
As for my use of language, I was just talking in terms that regular ol
people can understand. I don't need big words to bring across my opinions.
People have their own opinions of Americans and what I say here has no
relevance to what they think we are really like. Just easy rhetoric.
Ashamed? Nah. Embarass my country? hardly. What's shameful and
embarassing is watching the pissing match on tv about these two assholes
spending millions of tax payers dollars whining about who gets dibbs on the
treehouse.
You should just unpucker your ass and realize that not everyone has the
same opinions as you. This is a free world and America is a free country,
if you don't like what I have to say, hit the delete key.
All I have left to say is what I heard a Brit from the coalition forces say
to me in a mess tent turned desert cantina right before I kicked the livin
shit out of him and his 2 buddies, "BUGGER OFF."
"Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com> on 11/28/2000 01:04:51 PM
To: naldous@ccgmail.com
cc:
Subject: Re: Humble reply to Her Majesty - (non LBC, rant, long -hopefully
objective)
naldous@ccgmail.com wrote:
>
> Who cares what the french think of us. America is still big man on
campus,
> we can still kick anybody's ass on the planet. Besides they are just
> pissed that they had to ask us to come save their asses from the Nazis.
> French are pussies. Brits too.
> Nathan
>
This is one which probably deserved to be answered on, not off the list,
but I'm going to spare you the public humiliation. This thread is likely
overdone, at best, but your reply is simply inflammatory, mostly stupid,
and entirely irrelevant to the mail which started the thread.
And, sophomoric, yes. Big man on campus? What stone age did you grow up
in? We can still kick anybody's ass on the planet? What is that supposed
to mean? Attila the Hun could do that. Is that, perhaps, your standard
to judge a culture? Or is it meant, by association, that _you_ can kick
anyone's ass on the planet?
As for the French and the British being pissed that they had to ask us
to save them from the Nazis, I doubt that they are resentful of that,
although they certainly might be resentful of being reminded of it by an
American such as yourself, whose broad, sweeping jingoistic judgments
affirm in everyone within earshot that the perennially ugly American is
alive and well, as well as being reminded of it by an American, I might
add, who did not have a fucking thing to do with the saving.
When you utter idiocy such as this on an international list, you not
only make yourself look stupid to a geographically large part of the
world, you embarrass your country in the eyes of others. You ought to be
ashamed, but you aren't smart enough to be. As with too many
small-minded people in this country, you gave this issue about a
millisecond's thought and then shot your mouth off.
I doubt this will have much impact on your views. More's the pity it
won't.
Sincerely,
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
[mailto: mporter@zianet.com]
`70 GT6+ (being refurbished, slowly)
`71 GT6 Mk. III (organ donor)
`72 GT6 Mk. III (daily driver)
`64 TR4 (awaiting intensive care)
`80 TR7 (3.8 liter Buick-powered)
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