From: efor6920@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "Col"  wrote in message   
   news:47504e22$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...   
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   > "Charles Daniels"  wrote in message   
   > news:474ff8d3$0$90965$d368eab@news.calweb.com...   
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   > What a boring lot we are though.   
   > At the first hint of an argument post parties swiftly apologise for   
   > any misunderstanding!   
   > In the old days I would have come home from work to find a   
   > massive thread with the UK and US posters all knocking lumps   
   > out of each other :)   
   > --   
   > Col   
   >   
   > That's your excuse for everything isn't it, being dead!   
      
   To approach this from another angle, we've all grown up enough to realise   
   that all countries have their aspects of greatness and they also all to some   
   extent suck, and to a greater or lesser extent it applies just as much to   
   our own homeland just as much as anyone elses. similarly we have grown up   
   enough to realise that "my country is perfect" is not a patriotic statement   
   but a delusional one. I for one do not regret the evolution of this group   
   into one where issues, and disagreements over them, are tending to be   
   discussed on a mature and rational basis, I dont doubt that if a true yobo   
   (roughly equivalent ausie term for prat(english) or doofus (american)) were   
   to rear its head in the group our flaming skills will still prove adequate   
   to the task.   
      
   cheers   
   Fozzi   
      
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