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uncle arnie writes:
On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 08:47 am -0600 UTC, m II
posted: %MM

This is a bad medium for the finer nuances of irony, sarcasm, hyperbole,
understatement. I was belabouring the obvious in an attempt to add
credence to the statements preceding the question.

mike

You are right on that point Mike. Nuances? Subtlety? Wazzat?

horoscopes and tried to keep him awake. Steroid-formed Schwartzenegger
lied about seeing Soviet tanks in his town - so says the Austrian gov't -
never any in his town.

Someone is telling lies about what Arnold said -- he didn't say that he
saw the tanks in his home town. Read the transcript. This is similar
to the Austrian misinterpretation of the American usage of the term
'Socialist'. Indeed, the European governments do tend to be 'socialist'
but that is different (in American usage) from being communist. Frankly,
some of the European nations do tend to come closer to 'Communist' than
they seem to be comfortable in admitting, but it would be wrong to make
the blanket assertion that they are 'Communist.' Lots
of these kinds of misinterpretations cause quite a bit of confusion, but
those who are limited in worldliness will tend to blow the confusion
out of proportion. It is incredible that someone in the European
press (or whomever) would still not know that the Americans use the
term 'socialist' in a different way than the Europeans... Geesh, similarly,
an automobiles 'boot' would be hard for an American to find -- if he
is equally provincial as those who complained about Arnolds usage of
the term 'Socialist.'

John