Hello Klaus,
I think you should give Gerard some "Hofnarrenfreiheit". (That's a fine
German word for you to figure out, Gerard.) He is certainly not an evil
racist at heart.
Andreas
Klaus Piontek wrote:
Greetings (or in "correct" Swiss German "Grüezi wohl", with Umlaut=vowel
mutation) to all CCP4BB subscribers,
being a CCP4BB reader (and sometimes writer) since something like 15
years, I realized today that the comment of Gerard was the first one I
read since then containing a side-swipe regarding the nationality or the
national character of authors.
I think, within a multinational scientific community with a very long
lasting tradition of internationalism such comments should be beyond
this forum.
On the other hand Gerard's comment contains a somewhat humorous (Swiss,
Swedish, German, Dutch, ... kind of?) aspect, since it refers partly to
Switzerland, a country where* many* foreigners live and work, including
Germans like Dirk. I would guess a situation similar like in Sweden or
The Netherlands, isn't it?
Sorry being German too I could not resist making such a moralizing comment.
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