🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi,

> > > Yes!  If those Navajos and Iriquois don't want to learn English than 
> > > they should just go back where they came from! 

> > Crap. 

> > A language is a dialect with and army and a navy.

> > Your ancestors invaded their land, killed most of the indigenous
> > population, raped their cattle and stole their women. Isn't that enough?

> When I made that comment, I figured that the sheer absurdity of the 
> statement (much akin to the idea of an Egypytian in Paris telling a 
> person of French descent to go "back where he came from" for not 
> learning Arabic) would be so obvious that no one would mistake it for a 
> serious comment.

Alas, here on usenet, there is no body language, no facial expressions, no
other way to indicate intent but the text that is written.

> I obviously forgot where I was.  Here on Usenet, there is no statement 
> so absurd that nobody will utter it in seriousness, nor any dearth of 
> people incapable of catching even the most obvious joke.

That's why there's ";-)". It doesn't replace facial expressions, but it's
the best we've got.

> Since either of these two things could be the source of your thinking I 
> was serious, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.  But for the 
> record: it was a joke.

Sadly, there are quite a few people out there that say exactly the same
thing, and are convinced that they are right.

> And on a side note: Your accusation of what my ancestors did makes it 
> painfully obvious that you have little to no idea who my ancestors are, 
> nor when they arrived where.

True, but it was meant as a joke... I figured that everyone would have
gotten it, I mean, who would rape the cattle and steal the women?

MAX_!