From: roger@crux.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
Subject: Re: Let's hit Nazis?
Originator: news@nimaster
Reply-To: roger@astro.princeton.edu (Roger Lustig)
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:59:40 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.131805.1@vxdesy.desy.de> godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de writes:
>> If you'd just snap out of your bigoted way of thinking for a moment, and
>> realize that talk of national characteristics does you no good whatever 
>> when dealing with individuals, and that you ALWAYS deal iwth individuals,
>> you'd stop talking such stupid, offensive nonsense.

>> Roger

>Frankly I see no point whatever in arguing with a twit like you Roger.  First

You know, as far as I can tell, you've never argued at all.  Certainly
not in the sense of a connected set of statements backed by evidence.
All you have is your repeated prejudices, your sniping, your insistence
on speaking of entire nationalities with sweeping generalizations that,
if they were applied to *your* ethnicity, would have you up in arms.

>you send a post offering to charge me for translating posts 

Are you implying that I owe you a freebie translation?  I do good 
work, and I'm proud of it.  You, on the other hand, have made it
pretty clear that you're proud of your ignorance.

>that an ignorant German, perfectly fluent in English, 

Since when do you get to pick which languages are used on USENET?
You really *do* need a quick tour of new.announce.newusers.

Oh, and what's so ignorant about him?  You're the one who couldn't
be bothered to learn german in two years there.

>had the discourtesy to make personal comments about me in German, 

Such as?  I take it you've gotten a translation by now.  I don't 
recall any personal remarks there, aside from a few nasty, but
richly deserved, names.  

Of course, YOUR discourtesy goes as far as insulting millions of people
at once.  But that doesn't count, eh?

>then periodically blinded with rage you send
>streams of nazi apologist posts (8 or more at a time) 

Laurence Godfrey, you are a liar.  I challenge you to post a single
statement of mine that can be construed as "Nazi apologist."  Your
singular inability to read what others write in *any* language has
led you to believe that anyone who disagrees with you must be a
Nazi or one of their apologists.

Either put up or shut up.

>to those of us who dare to criticise the Germans.

a) I post to USENET, not to individuals.

b) I have opposed your blanket statements condemning people you've
never met, making claims about millions of individuals merely because
of their nationality.  You speak from ignorance.  You have never visited
a German school, nor read a German newspaper, nor studied the things
on which you pontificate.  All you have done here is spread your prejudice
and lies.  If you have a critique of Germans to make, make it; we are
waiting.  But include some evidence, evidence that the sweeping 
statements you make have even a grain of truth to them, and not just 
your hatred behind them.

>You're not worth the trouble,

>Laurence

I'm sure I'm not.  After all, dealing with me would require
thought, learning, research, and compassion.  I have no evidence
 that you possess a shred of any of those.

Roger
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