[MeteoriteCollectors] Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Pardon me, dude

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From: Charles R. Viau <cviau_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:26 2004
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Mike, Stu and list,

 What Stu says about Italy is really true. I spent 2 weeks
there last year, and I cannot wait to see more of it. The people are
some of the friendliest on the planet. You need to free yourself from
that Matteo nonsense and just get back to the good old USA safely.

God speed,

CharlyV

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From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
STUARTATK_at_aol.com
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 7:02 AM
To: meteoriteguy_at_yahoo.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Pardon me,
dude

In a message dated 12/10/2003 11:43:34 GMT Daylight Time,
meteoriteguy_at_yahoo.com writes:

I hope other Italians are not like you.

Mike,

As my best friend - who now lives in Italy - married an Italian girl,
and I was lucky enough to be invited over there to be his Best Man and
had an amazing time (I think, there was so much wine a lot of the
wedding reception is a bit of a blur to be honest...!), I can assure you
that Italians are generous, family-loving, passionate and considerate
peple on the whole. True, they drive like absolute lunatics, and have
tempers that can ignite like a Saturn 5 engine, and can't walk past a
shop window without checking themselves out (but you can't blame them
for that when 99% of them look like they've just come off a catwalk
anyway ;-) I think they must ship all the ugly kids off to some island
somewhere, cos seriously, everyone is a supermodel; walking down an
Italian street is so distracting it's unbelievable..! ) but you'll be
hard pressed to meet a more welcoming people, believe me. I know you're
being severely provoked here, by some truly disgraceful and despicable
insults, but don't tar them all with the same brush, ok? That's like
saying all we Brits are umbrella-carrying, pinstripe-suit wearing,
bowler-hatted hee-haws... or that all Americans are Hawaiian
shirt-wearing, burger-chomping, gun-toting... well, you get the idea.
Stereotypes... dangerous things, you know?

The world's an angry enough place right now as it is without hurling
this kind of language about. It's hard not to rise to it, I know, but in
situations like this there's much more dignity in taking a deep breath
and not stooping to the other guy's level. I think - no, I know - you're
a better man than that.

Take care out there, and forget this nonsense and just try to keep your
mind on getting out - and back here to your friends on the List - in one
piece, ok? :-)

Stu

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From:
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Sent: Sunday, October 12, =
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7:02 AM 
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meteoriteguy_at_yahoo.com;
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Subject: Re: =
[MeteoriteCollectors]
Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Pardon me, dude

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12/10/2003
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I hope other Italians are =
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Mike, 
 
As my best friend - who now lives in Italy - married an Italian girl, =
and I was
lucky enough to be invited over there to be his Best Man and had an =
amazing
time (I think, there was so much wine a lot of the wedding reception is =
a bit
of a blur to be honest...!), I can assure you that Italians are =
generous,
family-loving, passionate and considerate peple on the whole. True, they =
drive
like absolute lunatics, and have tempers that can ignite like a Saturn 5
engine, and can't walk past a shop window without checking themselves =
out (but
you can't blame them for that when 99% of them look like they've just =
come off
a catwalk anyway ;-) I think they must ship all the ugly kids off to =
some
island somewhere, cos seriously, everyone is a supermodel; walking down =
an Italian
street is so distracting it's unbelievable..! ) but you'll be hard =
pressed to
meet a more welcoming people, believe me. I know you're being severely =
provoked
here, by some truly disgraceful and despicable insults, but don't tar =
them all
with the same brush, ok? That's like saying all we Brits are =
umbrella-carrying,
pinstripe-suit wearing, bowler-hatted hee-haws... or that all Americans =
are
Hawaiian shirt-wearing, burger-chomping, gun-toting... well, you get the =
idea.
Stereotypes... dangerous things, you know? 
 
The world's an angry enough place right now as it is without hurling =
this kind
of language about. It's hard not to rise to it, I know, but in =
situations like
this there's much more dignity in taking a deep breath and not stooping =
to the
other guy's level. I think - no, I know - you're a better man than that. =
 
 
Take care out there, and forget this nonsense and just try to keep your =
mind on
getting out - and back here to your friends on the List - in one piece, =
ok? :-) 
 
Stu 
 
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