Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 13:12:59 +0100 (MET) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> To: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: chat@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Chat) Subject: Re: Drinking (Was: We want Perl!) Message-ID: <199611241213.NAA00496@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199611221809.KAA07379@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at "Nov 22, 96 10:09:01 am"
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Jonathan M. Bresler writes: > 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 said it. >>> you all exported all yours to us ;) >> >> Not I. I'm an export too. > > export from the US or re-import to europe ;) No :-) I'll have a home page up in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, you can find it from O'Reilly's web pages about "Porting UNIX software" > 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. Ah, but then there were the merchants :-) Greg
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