From: Jemfire-AT-aol.com
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 21:46:49 EST
Subject: Re: Kosovo, Bombs and Imperialism


....I apologize for the "creepy rhetoric"......."Bananna Republic'" was my 
shorthand for the quick and easy invasions of Panama and Grenada I had in my 
mind.......the thought I was trying to convey was that the Serbs would be no 
easy pushover in a ground war like SOME countries here in our 
hemisphere......."proud people" was my shorthand for the Serbs being  
stubborn and very hardened by warlike conditions more so than say....our 
Canadian neighbors.........******************************AND OH BY THE 
WAY..Folks this is an electronic medium where facial features, tone of voice, 
non-standard syntax, and idioms can trip up those of us who may not take the 
effort to read between the lines, or read whats NOT there to get at the real 
intended meaning.......please do not be offended by words that to you don't 
jibe. I will make every effort to sharpen my prose so as to not offend 
unintentionally.  I am not formally trained nor do I have a University 
degree... I am just a factory worker in Houston on an assembly line working 
along many different races of people trying to make sense of exploitation, be 
it in a factory, country, or a postcolonial web ring.  Sincerely 
Jemfire...........................Go Fast......Go Left!


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