Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Goodness, and I always thought people called us Brits because short words were easier. Now I see it was meant as a grave insult. I will have to work up some righteous indignation immediately! Best regards, Christian Hueber - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ernest Nitka Sent: 15 July 2003 15:46 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Apology 2 wrongs don't make a right. Japan's heinous behavior during WWII should not give anyone the right to use racial slurs - at that point you begin to lower yourself ever so close to your enemy's level. ernie On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 10:08 AM, Don R. wrote: > Did the Japs ever apologize for their cowardly sneak attack on Pearl > Harbor > killing 2,500 Americans or torturing to death thousands more Americans > in > the death camps? Of course not. > > Do the Japs have any respect for Yankees (Americans)? No, because the > Japs > consider anyone who surrenders a sub-human and thousands upon > thousands of > Americans surrendered and were summarily butchered. > > The Japs favorite sport was shooting to death every American aviator > who > bailed out of his plane while he was helplessly dangling in his > parachute. > > Let's put things in their proper perspective rather than in their > "political > correctness" and stop this "political correctness" nonsense. > > Don R. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chandos Michael Brown" <cmbrow@wm.edu> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 8:44 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Apology > > >> Hey, Kurt, I don't think that you're fully a Lugger until you've >> apologized at least once for saying something boneheaded. Don't sweat >> it. >> >> Chandos >> >> Chandos Michael Brown >> History and American Studies >> College of William and Mary >> www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of khmiska >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 12:30 PM >> To: LUG >> Subject: [Leica] Apology >> >> I'm apologize for my remark about the Japanese. >> Kurt >> -- >> Kurt H. Miska >> GERMAN BUSINESS TRANSLATIONS >> Ann Arbor, Michigan >> khmiska@umich.edu >> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~khmiska/ >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html