-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:44:32 +0100, Sandman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jim Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>>>>> Beside that, many Europeans seem to practice a blunt, abrupt style >>>>>> of speech. >>>>> >>>>> Very true, and on the whole it's a good thing I think. >>>> >>>> It might also party explain why there's been several thousands of >>>> years of European wars. ;-) >>> >>> Which is fun when it's coming from a guy whose nation is just over >>> 500 years old, and was discovered, and populated, by Europeans. >> >> Populated *after* said europeans wiped out some 90% of the existing >> population, who somehow, despite being here for some 30,000 years, >> hadn't "discovered" the place yet... > > If you say so. They lived there though. Or are you trying to claim > that europeans are evil to slaughter the natives, and somehow their > bloods is not on the hands of americans of today - but rather on > europeans today? >
I find it amusing to hear of europeans "discovering" a couple of continents with millions of inhabitants. As for the rest, I made no claims re: "evilness" of euros or americans. >> > Heck, my home town is three times older than the entire united states. >> > The only reason one could claim there was more wars in Europe is >> > because it's been civilized, and thus has had a recorded history, for >> > such a long time, as opposed to USA. :) >> >> well, going from recent historical trends (the last 250-300 years) it's >> about time for another euro dustup, probably the germans invading >> someone. > > You're making as much sense as always, Jim. > > > On the plus side, you didn't rewrite my post. Glad to see that. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDr5Xzd90bcYOAWPYRAr73AJ9N+xEfA6bDuX3o+u4ic32OK8Ky4gCfRTh/ cvYGLHDuRKhTMrTuvJ1Lw58= =EMay -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock A ruler must learn to be other than good. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince. _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
