Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/12
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Alexey,
you are twisting the words. Chill out! I just do not like anyone syaing
anything bad about the the US, in this case Americans. Very touchy subject
with me. I have lost friends to war and it pisses me off big time when I
hear shit like this, even in jest. So drop the flame, it was inapproporiate
and REFLECTED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AGAINST CANADIANS. As a matter of fact, I
think you are a jerk for bringing that into it.
Peter K
- -----Original Message-----
From: Alexey Merz [mailto:alexey@webcom.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 4:56 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Viva Canada!
"Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com> wrote:
> Just remember Dave, if not for the Americans you would be speaking
> and writing in German not English.
It's been only several weeks since I stood on Juno Beach in Normandy,
and saw the terrain that the Canadians took on D-Day. Fair Canada's
sons pulled more than their weight on that day, and during the months
that followed.
As Peter knows, I have a rather permissive sense of humor, but
I think that this 'joke' demeans the memory of the thousands of
Canadians who gave their lives fighting Hitler.
- -Alexey
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