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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space,net.columbia,net.followup
Subject: Re: Space Shuttle Children's Fund
Message-ID: <661@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 10:08:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 10:08:52 1986
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Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
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Summary: 

In article <981@dcl-cs.UUCP> craig@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Craig Wylie) writes:

>Many European countries have a history of Socialism and Communism, this has
>left its mark on us. We believe it is a basic human right to be Educated, to
>free medical treatment etc...  

What makes you think many Americans don't feel this way? 

>Many people consider the money paid out
>for space exploration to be a gross waste of money while people are illeterate
>and starve. 

And many people in this country (including some of us who count
ourselves on the left side of the political spectrum) don't. You folks
in Britain support a figurehead Royal Family. Is that a gross waste of
money to you?

>I say this in reply to another posting that suggested that the
>French are Jealous of American space exploration. 

So the person who made this statement was insensitive and boorish.
S/he certainly doesn't speak for all Americans.

>It's about time we
>all started realising that we are not the same people - we have different 
>drives and cultural identities, don't force your ideals onto us they don't
>fit.

Fine, as long as Europeans are willing to refrain from forcing THEIR
ideas on us as Americans. At least that's how some of us took
Francois' posting. I've often had Europeans visiting this country make
rude comments about the "American way of life." The Ugly American
concept needs to be extended to include the Ugly European, the Ugly
Asian, ...

And I agree with the recent poster who suggested this be moved to
another  group; it has little to do with net.space anymore.

                              - Cheers, Bill Ingogly