times up! why, it seems like only yesterday...
tending my own garden - bill
On Martedì, mag 25, 2004, at 19:40 Europe/Rome, bill wrote:
what say we give this thread a week and then put a lid on it.
On Sabato, mag 29, 2004, at 23:52 Europe/Rome, ferengizâde daniêl
shawqy wrote:
If you really think the fascist US Junta is just a subject among
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like ball games etc. it proves that Arto is right and something
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happens to all of us. The repeated, almost hysterical pledge/command
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various members of the list to muffle one's outrage and rather talk =
about nylgut is rather suspicious, I must say.
With my mouth open,
danyel
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Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 5:18 PM
Subject: Off topic
Dear all,
The point at issue is quite simple. We all of us have our opinions =
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whole range of topics, will Liverpool Football club ever be any good
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again, why=20
did Arsenal once more not win the Champions' League, and other
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equally great importance. I could fill this list with my opinions on
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questions, as could our American friends on baseball and our Finnish
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on javelin throwing and long distance running. =20
But this is a lute list. No one, I imagine, wants to hear my =
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football, nor do I and the rest of us want to hear other people's =
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politics. We none of are fools, but are here to talk of lutes and =
music. For those=20
who feel the need to talk politics, there are countless boards where
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they can=20
do this. Why we should be subjected to someone else's thoughts on
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going on in this or that part of the world is, frankly, beyond me. I
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don't need=20
someone in Finland nor from anywhere else to tell me what to think,
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And finally, it is impolite in the extreme to bother American and =
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participants (If I've left anyone out, sorry) with political and =
moralising=20
judgements based on assumption of which the writer can have no the =
slightest idea.=20
Just leave it alone, we're not here for that. And to misuse this
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for such=20
a purpose is tantamount to entering someone's house and being sick
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floor in order to protest at some government's policies. It just
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insulting, patronising and totally unnecessary. Cheers
Tom =20
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