(urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

Pedro Pereira domus_artemis at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 17 10:41:42 PDT 2009




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> From: crushtv at gmail.com
> To: urth at lists.urth.net
> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:27:30 -0500
> Subject: Re: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
>
>>>> Well, beying an european, I'm going to abstain from commenting
>>>>on the particulars of your constitution and on your (US) views
>>>>of this matter. After all, the "Wild West" is too fresh on your mind and
>>>>culture and it's probably normal that these matters raise certain
>>>>"passions" among US citizens.
>>>
>>> This is such a quaint, European view of Americans. It's so cute!
>>> :-)
>>
>> Hum? I was in no way picking on you.
>>Did it come up as such? If yes, than I appologise.
>>I'm not a native english speaker.
>
> Absolutely no offense taken. And no derogatory response intended (no serious
> one anyway). It's just your comment had so many European charming
> preconceptions about Americans. Imagine if the some neighborhood kid assumed
> you were a member of Hell's Angels because you wear a leather jacket when
> you ride your motorcycle. It's like that.

LOL. Point taken. 
 
Anyway, I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. 
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