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Re: Nationwide Z Campaign !?

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From: Jeremy Henderson
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 12:05
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msc9330@geovax.ed.ac.uk wrote:
:    My apologies to all Scots.  Travelling through this country I found the
:    landscape to be breath-taking while the people are particularly warm to
:    foreigners.  I also support the country's fight for greater autonomy from
:    the rest of the UK.  Ideally, I should have flamed that 'uncouth idiot'
:    Jeremy rather than Scotland per se (the use of idiot was someone elses idea).
:      
:   Jeremy, I can't imagine you being very literate if you make such generalizing
:    comments about another nation particularly one you've never visited.  I can
:    simply suggest than you go out an see the world; see how other people live
:    and then formulate your opinions.  

So, Oh-Clairvoyant-One, you think that a) I'm a Scot, and b) I've never visited
Canada or c) "seen the world". I think you should seriously consider taking
your crystal ball in for servicing, and in the meantime try to stop making
silly assumptions about people you've never met.


-- 
===Jeremy Henderson=== =jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk=  
"To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere
in the evening" 
               Saki
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From: jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk (Jeremy Henderson)
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Subject: Re: Nationwide Z Campaign !?
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Date: 21 Jun 93 12:05:06 GMT
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