We Are All Spaniards

Up until this thread, I always thought Jay was a decent guy.
I looked forward sometime to flying across the country and
staying at his hotel.

This thread has been an eye-openeer, and this particular mail
has finally prompted me to get to my keyboard. This is unbelievably
patronising. The former Spanish government took Spain into
a war against the expressed will of the Spanish people, just
as my government's country did (the United Kingdom). The purported
basis for the war has been demonstrated now to have been false.
The Spanish people have voted, in a democratic way, to remove
that government.

I know it's hard for quite a few Americans to accept it (evidently
including Jay), but just because the US government wants to do
something, doesn't mean that everyone in the whole world should
agree with them.

Guess if I ever do come to Iowa City (not honestly very likely), I'll
be looking for another hotel.

John

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Jcj8c.83648$_w.1132827@attbi_s53...
No problem, there's obviously no point in arguing with you. One last
thing I would like to say, though. In this discussion you have shown
how far from being a Spaniard you are, inspite of your own subject
line.

Sorry, Alex. I completely misread the situation in Spain, and my feelings
of solidarity with them were clearly misplaced. If you had followed the
more recent thread "We are All Spaniards -- NOT", you would know how I
feel
about this.

I stopped "Being a Spaniard" the moment the Spanish electorate handed the
terrorists their biggest victory. They have endangered us all in a way
that
cannot be measured.

I still feel compassion for the innocent victims, but it is plainly
evident
that the Spanish people have rightly earned their world status as a
third-tier nation. It's hard to believe that these same people once
ruled
the seas, and much of the world.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article 1080160340.555275@sj-nntpcache-5,
John Harper wrote:
The Spanish people have voted, in a democratic way, to remove
that government.

I know it's hard for quite a few Americans to accept it

My cat frequently leads me to the counter by the treats and whines.
I can sit here in my office and think, "I will give the cat a treat no
matter what," before I go downstairs. If I go to give him a treat and
he runs in front of me and whines before I do, it doesn't matter to my
cat that there is a perfectly logical alternative reason why he got a
treat. The lesson that is reinforced for him is, "I whine, I get treats".

I've seen plenty of perfectly logical alternative explanations to the
outcome of the Spanish elections. I don't think any of them will dissuade
terrorists from learning the lesson, "I can change the election if I blow
stuff up."

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

"Ben Jackson" wrote in message
news:6ln8c.83869$1p.1229226@attbi_s54...
In article 1080160340.555275@sj-nntpcache-5,
John Harper wrote:
The Spanish people have voted, in a democratic way, to remove
that government.

I know it's hard for quite a few Americans to accept it

My cat frequently leads me to the counter by the treats and whines.
I can sit here in my office and think, "I will give the cat a treat no
matter what," before I go downstairs. If I go to give him a treat and
he runs in front of me and whines before I do, it doesn't matter to my
cat that there is a perfectly logical alternative reason why he got a
treat. The lesson that is reinforced for him is, "I whine, I get treats".

I've seen plenty of perfectly logical alternative explanations to the
outcome of the Spanish elections. I don't think any of them will dissuade
terrorists from learning the lesson, "I can change the election if I blow
stuff up."

You guys are real cry babies

Guess if I ever do come to Iowa City (not honestly very likely), I'll
be looking for another hotel.

Sad, but we'll get by without you, John.

If a conversation about world politics so upsets your delicate nature, I can
only wonder how you survive in the real world.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Gmn8c.84408$Cb.1107621@attbi_s51...
Guess if I ever do come to Iowa City (not honestly very likely), I'll
be looking for another hotel.

Sad, but we'll get by without you, John.

If a conversation about world politics so upsets your delicate nature, I
can
only wonder how you survive in the real world.
Jerk!

If a conversation about world politics so upsets your delicate nature, I
can
only wonder how you survive in the real world.
Jerk!

Wow -- you must've thought long and hard on that one before pushing
"Send"...

Why is it that people of your ilk can't seem to discuss world events like
gentlemen?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

If a conversation about world politics so upsets your delicate nature, I
can
only wonder how you survive in the real world.
Jerk!

Wow -- you must've thought long and hard on that one before pushing
"Send"...

Why is it that people of your ilk can't seem to discuss world events like
gentlemen?
--


Because when people's political position is based entirely on emotion and
devoid of logic, refuting it doesn't just challenge their ideas, it challenges
their identity. They react to disagreement as though it were an attack on them
personally.

Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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If a conversation about world politics so upsets your delicate nature,
I
can
only wonder how you survive in the real world.
Jerk!

Wow -- you must've thought long and hard on that one before pushing
"Send"...

Yes...for him.

Why is it that people of your ilk can't seem to discuss world events like
gentlemen?

Probably because he's NOT a gentleman, and he certainly doesn't seem mature.
Petulant brat is more the indication. No wonder so many not only _want_ a
welfare state, but NEED one.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
news

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
newsCn8c.84520$Cb.1106337@attbi_s51...
If a conversation about world politics so upsets your delicate
nature,
I
can
only wonder how you survive in the real world.
Jerk!

Wow -- you must've thought long and hard on that one before pushing
"Send"...

Yes...for him.

Why is it that people of your ilk can't seem to discuss world events
like
gentlemen?

Probably because he's NOT a gentleman, and he certainly doesn't seem
mature.
Petulant brat is more the indication. No wonder so many not only _want_ a
welfare state, but NEED one.

Redneck

Jay Honeck wrote:

Why is it that people of your ilk can't seem to discuss world events like
gentlemen?

Maybe because some of the other worldly people in this group get fed up
with watching some of you Americans discuss it like assholes.