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Skriven 2005-12-27 07:46:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROSS CASSELL
Ärende: Lack of Gratitude
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-=> Quoting Ross Cassell to BjÖrn ForsstrÖm <=-

 FS>> No, I haven't forgotten about Canada.  I am well-aware of their
 FS>> contributions to WWII.  However my complaint is aimed primarily
 FS>> at the Europeans.  It was *they* who collaborated with the Nazis
 FS>> -- especially when conquered by them.  France, especially, is a
 FS>> good example of a bad example.
 
 BF> Do you see here Ross what I mean and then Shannon complain about
 BF> us insulting USA.

 RC> Its a cummalative thing and its not your fault you werent hanging
 RC> around here after 9-11-2001.

Besides what *I* am pointing out WRT European effort (and lack of 
same) during WWII is historically accurate.  If Europeans look 
upon it as "insulting", they should recall it was their parents 
and grandparents who permitted Hitler to rise to power in the 
first place.

 RC> After 911, all we heard from FELTEN, Michiel and several others was
 RC> crap that it was all our fault for it, they didnt show outrage over the
 RC> attack, they more or less said we got what we deserved.

Good thing for them I wasn't lurking here at *that* time.  I'd 
certainly have cut them down to size in one helluva hurry!

 RC> So after 4 years of that crap, which you apparently missed out on,
 RC> some of it has gotten returned.

 RC> You should try to reel in those people and perhaps that will happen
 RC> here? 
 RC> I know you dont share the same views as them but you arent aware of
 RC> the barrage of anti-usa crap they have shoved down our throats for 4
 RC> years now. 

Don't be so gentle with him.  He has a certain anti-American, 
sarcastic attitude which tends to turn people against him.  When 
he first showed up on FidoNet I used to try to help him with his 
English (which was already pretty good).  He considered that 
insulting ... so ...
                    ... [snip] ...
 RC> WW2 forever changed the USA and its foreign policy, after it tried to
 RC> play the isolationalist and let you all fight your own fight. You are
 RC> getting the above argument because you all (not you) failed to enforce
 RC> the treaty of versailles on Hitler and contain him before he lashed
 RC> out. 

 RC> On the other hand, the treaty of versailles severely crippled Germany,
 RC> with the European victors wanting more blood out of Germany.

That was *another* area in which the Europeans screwed up -- WWI 
-- but that's another story!

... Cruelty is the vice most natural to a dull mind.

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