From: Gordon J. Holtslander (holtsg@duke.usask.ca)
Date: 12/14/02-05:24:48 PM Z
This is off-topic.
If you wish to disagree with Ken Watson - please do so privately - I have.
I don't want a "war" flame war on this list.
Gord Holtslander
List Manager
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Ralph Rinke wrote:
>
>
> >> Who could be offended by an opinion from a piddling country that can not
> >> afford to defend itself ? Pity comes to mind.
> >>
> >> Ken Watson
> >> Vietnam Veteran, sometimes photographer, patriot
>
>
> Ken, Thanks for the pity, with a comment like that, I see how the phrase
> "the ugly American " came about. There were many Canadians from this
> piddling country that fought in Vietnam. By the way, you didn't win that one
> did you.
>
> Ralph Rinke
> Canadian
>
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