[thechat] Arguments for war

[Martin Burns]

On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Hugh Blair wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > On Behalf Of Syed Zeeshan Haider
> > From: "Madhu Menon"
> > ------ Message Truncated because of Length ------
> > > Something needs to be done about it. And Americans wonder why so
> > > much of the world seems them as arrogant, self-centred snobs.

> > Madhu,
> > Wow!
> > I am becoming a fan of yours.
>
> So you're a fan of anyone that puts down Americans? That's mighty nice
> of you. I'm *so* impressed.

Hey Hugh

Trying to deflect criticism this way is somewhat like sticking your
fingers in your ears and singing 'lalalala' in a loud voice.

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I *know* you know better than to react to the surface and ignore the
actual points being made... raise your game, eh?
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Cheers
Martin

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