Re: [Anygui-devel] Disgruntled would-be user

[Laura C. <la...@st...>]

In a message of Fri, 09 Apr 2004 17:54:18 CDT, Terry Hancock writes:
>On Friday 09 April 2004 04:33 pm, Laura Creighton wrote:
>> From: terry <she...@ci...>
>> >To: mag...@he...
>> >Subject: Anygui
>> >Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:56:58 -0400
>> >
>> >So Magnus, did Anygui serve the Linux community in any way or was it 
>> >simply a self-serving effort to enhance your book/thesis? 
>
>> How most 'american' is this whining.
>
>Hey!  Does this have to get nationalist?  *I* don't think either 
>behavior would be particularly "American".  :-/

sorry Terry.  'he started it' seems a poor excuse ....

>
>I know my country hasn't exactly been "winning friends and
>influencing people" lately, but really.

I think you guys are still influencing people to the max ....

(wave at terryu wearing a silly hat)

>
>I'm sorry you get mail like that, Magnus -- I hope it doesn't
>discourage you. It's really stupid that people think they have
>a right to benefit from others' free labor -- so much that they
>can insult and abuse people if they don't see the end result.
>
>And if anigui hasn't come together fast enough, it's as much
>because of those of us who are being lame-assed slow about
>doing our bit.  For which I apologize, BTW. :blush:
>
>Did you actually know this guy? Or was this just a random troll?
>
>Also -- I always assumed Magnus was European.  *Is* he American?

Norway.  where 'apppearing american' is a major insult, like here in
Sweden.

We don't mind so much when Americans act like Americans, 'tis your
right and perogative. But when we catch ourselves doing it, it
means that we lost our soul, and bought one from walt disney.

which magnus, contrary to insult, has most definitely not.

nor has anybody else who is building a practical, space colony now,
build-the-bits-we-can-now, and define-the-problem-we-cannot, space
effort.  I mean, when people insult others by comparing them to
Americans, you are not the American thety are thinking of.

There is just the 'ugly american, buys his way to stature he not to 
earn, bully, all promise no substance' thing that you need to understand
to understand europe.   we've been bullied a long time, resentment is natural.
but -- a working space colony?  that's a cool idea that transcends nationalism,
or economic block partitioning.

>
>Cheers,
>Terry
>
>--
>Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com )
>Anansi Spaceworks  http://www.anansispaceworks.com
>
>
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