Re: The (necessarily anti-American, it seems) French guy salutes you and leaves
| From: | I. K. Peylough <ikpeylough@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 15, 2004, 23:04 |
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:58:06 +0200, Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:
>Well, I've read everything now. It seems it's impossible to even dare
>criticise the US in any way without being accused of bias, unthought
>actions, anti-Americanism, etc... Some people found it even necessary to
>harass me by private email.
Don't know if you still subscribed, but ... Either I missed something or
you're referring to off-list events??? <sententious>Sometimes it's best to
save the can of worms for a special occasion, with just the right company
present.</sententious>
> Since it seems now impossible to state some
>things that for some reason don't fit other people's view of the world,
I've been having that problem too.
>I don't see a reason why I should stay here any longer. I never accepted
>to be treated that way when I know I'm right, and I'm not gonna begin now.
>As for "proving" what I'm saying, I'm not gonna take the effort and time to
>check where I read what I read (I have other things in my mind right now,
>not everything I read comes from the Internet, and I don't carry a list of
>my sources in my pocket), especially since it's already clear that even if
>I gave a source, it would be automatically attacked as being necessarily
>biased (paraphrasing one of the mails I received). Somehow, it seems
>everything American has become holy and untouchable. I don't talk to an
>audience which is unwilling to listen.
I don't know what you said, but just consider how it would go for someone
in the US who said the same. Are you familiar with the Beatles tune that
mentions Miami Beach and BOAC?
>As I said, I have other things on my mind. I'm again without a job, after
>nearly being fired due to false accusations from my boss (which I've proven
>wrong, but the only result is that instead of being fired immediately, my
>contract is just not lengthened). So you can understand that I have better
>things to do than being accused of dishonesty. Once a month is enough.
>
>With that, good bye everyone. It was fun for a while, but the best things
>always have an end...
Unfortunately, I myself am reminded of that quite often.
Best wishes,
I
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