Posted by Willem on July 01, 1999 at 14:11:29:
In Reply to: Re: A message to all readers re behaviour on this board posted by Nick Edwards on June 30, 1999 at 22:12:18:
: ru talking about David M Rose's posting?
: (I am from UK not US.)
: Willem flamed US for being ignorant ("Typical US response..."), Mr Rose had a go back. That is all I saw, didn't look particularly rude to me. I suggest a thicker skin might help. we can't spend all day discussing which actress would best play suldrun.
Nick this is what I said including the context:
: : "Let's go home and scare hell out of the commies."
: : Hmm. Still think that Vance is a lefty sympathizer?
: This looks like a somewhat classic USA response to commies:commies equals lefties.
This last sentence was a reaction to Mr Rose, joking in reference to a period in recent USA history when Hoover, the head of FBI, was on commies hunt.
btw The story from Vance was not much later.
Nick: I had no intention "to flame US" and used wording trying to indicate it is not ment as an absolute: 'looks like' and 'somewhat', I don't consider this flaming at all.
You could be right on a thicker skin.
As Mr Rose asks for scientific experiments, after some statements on Holland& Europe,in particular drugs: I thought it interesting to supply some data from the Washington Dutch Embassy webpage at: http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/drug-inf.htm
It seems we have the bad reputation but the reality is different if we compare on drugs.
Mr Rose certainly has a point on black periods in our history (Nothing to be disavowed, amazing isn't it)
However a further political discussion, either serious or jokingly, seems fruitless to me on the BBS given the sensitivities and the increasing off topic content.
I propose further exchange person to person if needed.
wjtimmer@worldonline.nl drose@azstarnet.com
Willem
btw John : thanks.