Hey Frank, No offense taken. It was just a matter of fact reply.
I think people who get offended or demeaned by things that happened centuries ago should wake up. Cheers, Gautam On 2/15/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/14/06, Gautam Sarup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/14/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It ruled the part of the world that mattered... > > > > It was a different part that mattered then... > > > > Gautam, > > My comment was intended to be semi-humourous, and I should have put a > smiley on it. > > It was also intended to be a somewhat mocking tautology: once Rome > "ruled" an area, it mattered, and conversely, if Rome didn't "rule" > it, it didn't matter. > > I now realize that my post might have been read by some as offensive > and demeaning to those in some parts of the world, but it was > certainly not my intention to insult anyone; I hope you didn't take > it that way. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >
