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Candice I am not comfortable giving any wishes on behalf of my countrypeople; so I'll wish *you and others of your mind Merry Xmas on behalf of all the people who have never attacked USUK and who have never wished ill to USUK, people who aren't here anymore courtesy of British and American forces, people who have died utterly in vain; and on behalf of those without homes and food except by hand out courtesy too of those heroic forces L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Candice Ward" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 21 December 2001 01:38 Subject: Re: Hypocrisies | on 12/20/01 7:07 PM, Lawrence Upton at [log in to unmask] | wrote: | | > Having been accused of sentimentality when I objected to the belittling of | > the importance of Afghan deaths, recently I suggested that a specifically US | > problem is sometimes sentimentality - Listening to an item about the first | > tourists back to the statue of liberty, I heard a NYC official say _It | > brings tears to my eyes when I look at it_ Now that, quoting P J O'Rourke, | > is really alien to me | | You ought to see how wet people get when they visit the WTC site, Lawrence. | You wouldn't believe the tears--and for something that isn't even there! I | don't doubt you'd find it really alien. | | Merry Christmas on behalf of my countrypeople, | | Candice |