Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> sf wrote:
> >
> > Janet wrote:
> > > I don't get why Americans still haven't grasped that whenever
> > > they throw spears at "barbarian" difference, even if they miss,
> > > it's entirely likely their spear might be thrown right back ...
> > > only aimed better.
> > >
> > That was Gary thinking he was being funny.
>
> Wrong. I wasn't trying to be funny and Janet's spear thrown right back
> was well deserved and I laughed. If you have paid attention, I am
> using "barbarian" as a joke now and I think they know that.
>
> I said that in all honesty. That was my very first response when I
> first saw the "european style" of eating. Bad choice of word? Yeah
> but even a milder description would have evidently been offensive. I
> never meant to offend.
>
> I wasn't brought up that way. We were taught the other way and I've
> never seen anyone eat that way in real life. When I first saw people
> eating the E-way on television, I actually looked it up and found that
> it is now an accepted way to eat in the US. Ok. I'm good with that.
> It's not wrong, it's just different.
>
> Anyway.... Janet threw right back about our barbaric education system
> (and only because of what I said). It didn't offend me, I laughed.
>
> What a bickering, nitpicking group this is. I love it. :-D

I love it too but sometimes the spears go astray to innocent bystanders.

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