Text 3530, 78 rader
Skriven 2004-10-15 19:52:52 av Howie Coombe
     Kommentar till en text av John Hull
Ärende: RE: CHRIS_SOC: IF I WERE AMERICAN I W
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Dear John, in regards to this message to Me.

 > 11 Oct 04 19:19, Howie Coombe wrote to Ed Connell:

 > HC> Dear Ed, in regards to this message to Me.

 >>> Hey, Howie.

 > HC> G'day Ed.

 >>> ??>>>> but why don't you ask an American about American candidates for

 >>> HC>>> Because Americans cant, as a rule, and sometimes dont want to, as a

 >>> ??>> Say what?

 >>> HC> I think my response is self explanatory, mind you to give credit
 
 >>>  Heh heh.

 > HC> What is so funny?.

 >>> So you think that someone from South Africa knows about American

 > HC> I Did Not Say That, i said that people have a natural blindspot when 

 >>> Now that's funny.

 > HC> No it is not.

 >  Actually,


Yes?.

 > yes,


Yes?.

 > it is.


If i was saying what you clamed i was saying, maybe, but i was not.

 > In order to understand the politics of any country,


Yes?.

 > one either spends a great deal of time studying it,


Aha.

 > and becomes an expert (that's the way governments get their expert          
> analysts),


Indeed it is 1 way governments can and have got there expert anylysts, but
there is 1 other way that i may talk to you about later, in the meant time,
TTFN.

 > or they live under that government. I can understand apartheid              
> intellectually, but I will never have the understanding deep in the marrow  
> of my bones that someone who lived under that system has. The same goes for 
> communism, fascism, socialism, etc., and even democracy as it is in the US. 
> There's an old cliche that says you have to walk a mile in another man's    
> shoes before you can understand that man. That's why I have said that you   
> can't really understand much of what we discuss here except in a            
> superficial way, and why we get ticked off when somebody tells us WE are    
> doing OUR system wrong. John America: First, Last, and Always! Go to        
> www.madgorilla.us for all your Domain Name Services at the lowest rates.    
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