[kj] Confirm...

[Alexander Smith]

Right now, speaking as a citizen of New York City (I no longer want to 
be associated with the United States of America), I just want to say: 
FUCK YOU MIDWEST, FUCK YOU FLORIDA, FUCK YOU OHIO, FUCK YOU SOUTHERN 
BIBLE BELT and FUCK YOU TEXAS (sorry, Joe, nothing personal).

*USA OUT OF NYC*

Alex in NYC





On Wednesday, November 3, 2004, at 07:10 AM, iPat wrote:

> i don't buy this.
> i was in the states leading up to the start of the Iraq war and talked
> to people up in the hills of NW Arkansas. It was enlightening and yes
> they seemed to believe that they were threatened and that this was the
> way to deal with it. I talked and talked while keeping it polite and i
> watched the way the media reports everything.
> there were peace protesters out on the streets and the oil argument
> was aired but the simplicity of the number 911 was the big hoodoo.
>
> What i saw was the simple fact that they would stand next to their
> fellow Americans who were serving to protect them. Now people could
> argue about the fellow Americans that are in food queues etc but its
> not in the same mind thinking culture they have been brought up with.
>
> in the same way we have Islammania now dogmatically being repeated
> over and over again, people here to will vote with that fear in mind
> regardless of other pressing issues.
>
> we mustnt fall into the same trap that we accuse the yanks of doing.
> We tell them that they only see the world through their own eyes. Well
> we need to see that they have a different culture and a different
> approach to things than we do.
>
> interesting that florida apparently saw a huge vote increase amongst
> the spanish south american ethnic population that swung to
> republicans, especially with the mail from the guy on this list last
> week.
>
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:42:47 -0000 , Phillipps Marc
> <marc.phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk> wrote:
>> <big snip>
>>
>> Thought I'd pass this on from another list I read:
> -- 
> iPat
> as soft as silk, as hard as a diamond
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