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(D. Gerasimatos) wrote in
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> In article >,
> Ian Hoare > wrote:
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>>Only by an American, and I think it's fair to riposte that only in
>>America would anyone make such an ill tempered issue of it, without
>>becoming a laughing stock immediately. It's not about European's egos,
>>it's about keeping a reasonable international perspective, which would
>>NOT appear to be a strong point amongst several contributors here.
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> An international perspective *includes* the Americans reading this
> newsgroup. Even if they are the only ones to possibly be confused, they
> make up a significant percentage of this group's traffic. The only one
> making this an ugly issue has been the Europeans - by responding to my
> query in the first place. There was no need.
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> Dimitri
>

In fairness, Dimitri, I find that a number of your posts have a certain
"certainty" about them that I think tends to make you an easy target. I
know that it has bothered me in some earlier threads.

But more importantly, I think you do a disservice to many of the thoughtful
and constructive European posters by suggesting that it was the "Europeans"
who made this an ugly thread. I think if you go back and look at the notes
posted in the entire thread (which I just did) you'll find that it really is
one indivudual that behaved badly. This individual is one who tends to
consistently engage in anti-american bantor. Just because one person
behaves badly does not mean that every European in the group should be
branded as behaving badly. To do so would be to engage in just the type of
behavior that you found offensive.

John