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At 5:03 PM +0100 10/11/01, Mark at Enduser wrote:
>
>Dennis!
>
>The story glosses over the facts in hand.

Really?  I thought it was a rather accurate metaphor.

>You cannot deny the subtle
>interplay between nations over centuries.

There was nothing subtle about the attack.  Or the Taliban harboring 
bin Laden and his camps.  Or their constantly changing and totally 
conflicting stories about their relationship with him.


>By using the story to berate
>Yoonchi you do yourself an injustice and I would go as far as to say that
>you do a diservice to the memory of all those killed on Sept 11 and all
>those who will be killed stemming from these atrocities.

Huh?

>Debate and discussion are the lifeblood of society. If you conveniently
>disregard the facts -


Again I think it was an accurate metaphor.  What fact has been disregarded?



>and I'm surprised becuase you do seem to be generally
>well-informed -

Thank you.  That is a kind thing to say but it may be an illusion.  I 
have opinions but I frankly doubt that I am much better informed than 
anyone else around here.

>then at a basic level you are rejecting society, humanity
>and all those good things.

How so?   What did I miss.  Yoonchi says what I see as reasonable 
point of view is stupid.  And so I beg to differ and use a 
metaphorical story to illustrate my point.  What is the fact I have 
ignored.

>I really think at the very least you should apologise to Yoonchi - off list.

You are welcome to that opinion.  I don't share it.

But I suppose that at this point this is all just rehash.  And all 
those who I have offended will be happy to know that, though I will 
probably continue to be very angry for a very long time about what 
happened to my compatriots, I will try to shut up about it here. 
There is just one thing that I haven't said though.  It was *not* 
just an attack on us loud, naive, arrogant, evil, environmentally 
hostile US cowboys.  Take a look at your economies of the past weeks 
and tell me otherwise.

Not making any promises but I have pretty much exhausted my thoughts 
on the subject.

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