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At 11:58 AM 1/8/2007, Brian wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">2007-01-08 09:04 skrev Damien
Broderick:<br>
>>>> On 1/5/07, Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au>
wrote:<br>
>>>>> happy new year to ya's (even you'se american ones
who might not<br>
>>>>> be so fully deserving of it)<br>
>> In what sense might Americans not be so fully deserving of a
Happy New<br>
>> Year greeting?<br>
> <br>
> This to-and-fro is going to lead straight into a cycle of what
amount <br>
> to retaliatory trolling, isn't it? For example, I can imagine Brett
<br>
> might reply briefly with, say,
<a href="http://www.iraqbodycount.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/</a> . But <br>
> that sort of discussion never seems to get anywhere useful on this
<br>
> list, and ends up poisoning the well for weeks. (I know, it might be
<br>
> argued that I've just done exactly that.)<br><br>
<br>
Apologies, I honestly wasn't sure what Brett was thinking, and sincerely
<br>
wanted to know why he thought Americans might not be so fully deserving
<br>
of a Happy New Year greeting (I could have made guesses, but didn't want
<br>
to). Wasn't thinking that well-poisoning was a risk, but you know the
<br>
list far better than I do.</blockquote><br>
I was take a little aback I support peace and non-coercive
negotiations. But I can certainly understand why it is strange to
celebrate a festive, joyous new years when people are dying at the hands
of American troops. And with this said, frankly it is less
consequence if is someone is sitting on the turf of America or another
continent - we are the world and maybe all of the world's citizens could
have pronounced a salvo to the past, present and future to stop needless
killings and solve problems without invasion, killings, and dominance
over others.<br><br>
Natasha<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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