In article k.net>, "dick"
> writes:

>he the poster asked for clarification
>before he were to respond...was there any harm in his asking for
>clarification?
>
>Then for his asking he in essence gets bashed. I think that is rude and
>inappropiate behavior.
>

Dick,

I've been trying not to reenter this thread (I'm still smarting from
embarassment that one time I forgot to add ME to Portland!). But I can never
keep my mouth shut, so lets's review. After Dimitri's request for
"clarification", Mike answered:

"Mmm, granted I am not objective, Venezia being my city, but it seems
to me that if someone does not specify, Venice is in Italy, just as
Berlin is in Germany and London in England... ;-)))"

Note the emoticon. Mike then gave jcoulter a shop in Venice to try.. Sounds
pretty polite to me.

Dimitri (not a new poster, been around for a while, btw , and one whose posts I
have found useful in the past), responded with a statement that Mike wasn't
objective and a list of Google hits. Personally, if he (or anyone else here)
REALLY thought the OP meant Venice CA (though why anyone would limit themselves
to shops in Venice, since Venice is next to Santa Monica- greater LA to most of
us) or Venice FL they could just give suggestions.

Personally, though I live within US, I have never heard someone outside of
Florida or California refer to an unqualified "Venice" and not mean Venice,
Italy. Maybe we could have our first ever AFW public opinion poll. Everyone ask
5 acquaintances what they would think of a trip to Venice. See which Venice
people think they're talking about.

In any case I think that AFW can do without
Dale

Dale Williams
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