Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 10:09:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Drinking (Was: We want Perl!) Message-ID: <199611221809.KAA07379@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199611220943.KAA00375@freebie.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Nov 22, 96 10:43:16 am
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > Jonathan M. Bresler writes: > > Greg Lehey wrote: > >> > >> the big difference between the US and Europe (I don't think Canada's > >> really on either side) is that many US Americans have a real load of > >> guilt pumped into them, and that fashions their drinking habits. > > > > well, its not very surprising is it! > > > > europe has been dumping its religious nuts in ships and sending > > them to the US. no wonder this country has all the guilt. > > Well, there's a certain truth to that, but I thought some of them went > of their own wee frill. Anyway, I don't understand why being pious > makes you guilty. piety does not make your guilty. rather being raised in an atmosphere of "inherent guilt"..... well lets drop that one. the big difference is whether on applies ones piety to themselves or to others. in translations the phrase may be "a righteous man in a fur coat." he's nice an warm, talking about the deeds of all those without coats during the winter. a similar sentiment was once expressed as "let him.....the first stone." hhmmm...thhis could get rather heated. perhaps best left alone. hacking is so much less dangerous. > > > you all exported all yours to us ;) > > Not I. I'm an export too. export from the US or re-import to europe ;) jmb ps. "wee frill" ?? some left europe to escape societies that had frills on their clothes. among other reasons. surely, they left their "wee frill"s behind. -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB
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