Re: OT: Poets against the war

I'm answering privately to Joseph. The last thing I want is a flamewar. If
you are interested in my answer, please ask me and you'll get a CCed mail:-)

Luca


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Fatula" <fatula3@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Poets against the war


> From: "Mangiat" <mangiat@...>
> Subject: Re: OT: Poets against the war
>
>
> > John suggested reading:
> >
> > > http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/poetindex.htm
> >
> > Thank you, John. We really need somebody reminding us America is not
only
> > George W. Bush. Here around the ill-concealed
> > we-are-very-sad-but-after-all-you-deserve-it feeling that September the
> 11th
> > engendered in many European hearts is getting more and more evident, no
> > matter what our politicians say (our politics has always been somehow
> > remote-controlled and conditioned since the end of WWII). Many (myself
> > included) are no more leaning towards a position against the war, rather
> > towards a position agaist the US. And that's extremely sad.
> >
> > Luca
>
> Since we're on the topic, I'm kind of curious - why would people in Europe
> feel that America deserved what it got on Sept. 11th?  I get the gist of
> what you're saying, not that Europeans are sadists or some such, but how
> what you're describing is more of a general sense.  But why?
>
> I've gotten the impression that a great deal of resistance to giving
Saddam
> the boot is not pro-Saddam, not by a long shot, but anti-American.
>
> Joe