Re: Interesting Letter-to-the-Editor

John S. Dyson wrote:
|| That is very sad that you believe that I am right-wing, because
|| I am quite centrist (believing both in safety nets and coherent
|| defense.)  What I dislike is the loss of self-reliance and
|| the misassignment of American greed to America instead of the
|| corrupt French (Yes, it isn't just the government.)  We have
|| a sector of people (including some of Hollywood) who are also
|| quite mentally/socially corrupt (in the sense of being STUPID
|| and not really morally.)
||
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I bet you have never been to France and neither speak French. I'm living
here only 10 miles away from the border, which has been abolished since a
couple of years and I often go shopping there, as here in Italy we are a bit
short of diversity.
The French make excellent croissants, which I deep freeze and warm up for
breakfast, they have also an incredible variety of goat-cheeses and a lot of
other delicatessen.
People are just as polite and friendly as anywhere else, now there is
growing a number of environmentalists. In Nice, Cannes and Monte Carlo you
can meet a lot of celebrities when there is Formula1 or a film festival. I
have not heard them speaking bad about Americans, we have learned to
tolerate each others customs and habits, and Europe slowly grows into a big
single country with less chauvinism and nationality.
We have even lost our fear of Russia and they are as much Europeans as we
are. I thing this is a far better approach than your utterly uninformed
nationalistic aggressive rage and poison you are spreading here.
-- 
ciao Ban
Bordighera, Italy
electronic hardware designer