Okay John, you forced my hand. I jave lived in both country]ies and remember Prime Minister Chamberain who just said let them have whatever they wanted. Placating a person who does not really care about you makes them more bold. Hence the problem of turning the other cheek all the time. You only have 2, then what?
Remember this statement was regarding Pirates who are violent by nature. As for wheteher Europeans are better suited.... LOL that depends on the idiot in the situation. Chamberlain was an ass just letting a nut job get away with what he wanted. Same as just give them $$$$ and they will let you alone. What about next time? As for european cities... cops walking around with uzi's still don't stop the nuts in Europe so.... think G 8 summit demonstrations Oh, and france was a major aggressor at one time too. Noel -Original Message----- From: John Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 02 December 2007 23:33:17 To: [email protected] Subject: [Liveaboard] Reply weapons onboard John, We Americans have onlyfought one war among ourselves. If memory serves, you Euroshave fought multiple wars among yourselves, that tend to drag us in from timeto time. In fact didnt you,(...Europeans appear to be much better suited to diplomacy andcompromise...), fight one that lasted 114 years??? Tom Atlantic Beach, Fla Dear Tom Thanks for replying, Yes, you do have your facts right but you use themwrongly Tom. It is true that a war was fought from 1337 to 1453, but thinkabout it it is a bit of a silly argument and I think you know that! . This wasbefore Americawas discovered, so I guess that would make it US ALL who fought that specificwar. J. Anyway, still ifwe count official wars, made and signed by treaties maybe you are right I dontreally know. This however has nothing to do with my post at all. I merely tried to explain that in MY OPINION, modern day Europeans arebetter suited than most Americans, at solving conflict when it appears insociety among friends and neighbors or in society at large. It appears this offended you. It is beyond discussion that violence is a bigger problem in largeAmerican cities, than in European ones. They practically fight a war every day,in Miami atleast. If you have lived in both places you would agree, but if you have onlylived in Atlantic Beach, it would be hardto understand. Being a European in America,from time to time I hear the line well we were the ones who came overand saved your sorry asses in the 2nd world war. From what Iunderstand you entered the world war after Pearl Harbour , and joined the Alliedforces against the Axis Powers of Japanese and Germans, but again ..ithas nothing to do with the subject matter which is .Is theaverage American disadvantaged at problem solving, in regards to conflict, in somuch so that he /she quicker resorts to, or sees violence as a solution in agiven situation i.e. possible threat on the open seas. (Piracy) Having thought it over again, I stand by my post. Americans are IMO moreaggressive and less suited to solve conflict than Europeans. On the other handthey are better at soooo many other things. Innovative, steady, generous etc.With every asset there is a disadvantage and vise versa. So, instead of gettingoffended , relax my friend, you cant be the best at everything right! Americais a great country, Americans are wonderful sweet people, they really are, alittle hot under the collar a bit of a temper and fast on the draw but still verynice folks. Regards John SV FreeSpirit _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
