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DISCLAIMER: in my experience, the following doesn't apply to 99% of my readership. Unfortunately, experience also shows it has to be written down for the remaining 1%.
The short version, when it comes to my comments policy, goes down to a line taken from the (mediocre) second opus of the Matrix:
"I built this place. Down here, I make the rules."
Let's elaborate a bit:
AVERTISSEMENT : selon mon expérience, ce qui suit ne s'applique pas à 99% de mes lecteurs. Malheureusement, l'expérience prouve aussi qu'il faut que cela soit écrit pour le pourcentage restant.
La version courte, concernant ma politique pour les commentaires, se résume à une ligne tirée du second (médiocre) volet de Matrix:
"J'ai construit cet endroit. Ici, je fais les lois."
Élaborons un brin :
If you need further help with the site, you may want to check the Field Manual. Ultimately, you can also drop me a line. I usually don't answer jellyfish and buttermonkey(1) hybrids however.
Si vous avez besoin de plus d'aide avec le site, jetez un œil au manuel d'instruction. Au pire, vous pouvez également m'envoyer un mot. J'ai cependant tendance à ne pas répondre aux fruits de l'union d'une méduse et d'un cul de singe.
| Folly | 10 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Thank you very much. We Americans came from Europe and elsewhere because we didn’t fit in. We weren’t the right religion or the right social class. Europe didn’t want us. We were outcasts looking for a place where your pedigree didn’t matter and where people could worship without being arrested. We created that place on a continent thousands of miles from our ancestral homeland. Because we know what it’s like to be outcasts, we tend to be far more tolerant of people than any other country. |
| Sparkie Arbuckle | 10 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Thanks Frenchy. I, luckily (no offence), have nilhilo Frency in me. I grew up in Vermont, where the northern half of the state is named Paquette (of Quebequois origins), and slightly too close related by all apearances. I am a true American mutt: a lot of Polish Slav; a touch of Brit, Belgian, and Native American. In Miami, down in the ‘garment district’, I had the chance to get into it with some French USA-haters. Common themes of their argument included; "But in Paris...", as if Paris is some end-all-be-all of civilization; and "The Americans are so stupid, out of touch with fashion, art, and high society". These Frenchies were shoved so far up their own ass, with no apparent reasons, it was almost surreal. On top of it all, they were standing on American soil, in one of our biggest southern ports and doorway to south and central america, bitching about their beautiful surroundings and lamenting their divorce from the French homeland, replete with $16USD half portion salads, hideous self absorbed coutrymen ‘of history’, riots, and burning vehicles. At any rate, thank you for the impassioned piece. I am getting ready to walk down to the Ben Franklin parkway; in Philadelphia, the original capital; for rock and roll, Patty Labelle, and a ton of kick ass fireworks. |
| don | 10 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Thank you, for your kind words. I know we haven’t much history, but you may remind people that the U.S.A. is ( I believe ) the oldest true democratic republic in the world. Or at least close to the oldest. I have thought alot about why we have what we have, after traveling a good portion of the world. I believe that it is from our attitude and number one, the Constitution and Bill of Rights. |
| Iwo Gina | 10 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Thanks, DF - That was very touching. You’re a real gentleman. |
| N. | 10 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Thanks, Froggie. You’re the best. Come home already! |
| Carl | 10 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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Wow! Thanks. |
Post title: Got History?
Date: 03rd July, 2007