Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark: It was my intention to post no further messages to the LUG regarding current events however I want to apologize to you and to anyone else who thought that my posting of the Sinclair article was an anti-Canadian act. The Sinclair article is being emailed all across the USA and I've received it 7 times today, one of those from Toronto! I have emailed those who have sent a copy to me to ask them why. Every one of them has answered something similar to the effect that it was to help Americans feel better. When I've queried further, _ALL_ have denied, some with incredulousness, that it was an anti-Canadian piece. Instead, they thought that it was both pro-Canadian and pro-USA. I think the problem is mostly with the last paragraph which can be interpreted in at least two different ways. It may have been originally written by a "crank" in 1973 with an axe to grind, but it most certainly wasn't sent by me as a "contemptuous reprinting of the 30 year-old ravings of some nut." I was around in 1973 but was unaware of, or simply forget that it was written/printed then. At any rate, I again apologize for inadvertently fostering any anti-American/anti-Canadian sentiments.... Geez, youdda thought Canada was another country! Jim