Re: [tied] Re: (a bit offtopic - sorry for that) Slavic infinitive

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 36775
Date: 2005-03-16

On 05-03-16 12:47, Petusek wrote:

> I'm sorry. That's misunderstanding. It wasn't hate, I wanted to sound it
> sarcastic rather than offensive - I wanted to make fun of Dan Kandall's
> (exaggerated, in my view - that shocked me, indeed) reaction and show I
> might have a "reason" to "hate" certain nationalities for what "they"
> might have done to the people of Bohemia and Moravia and that in spite
> of the history there's actually nobody I could really hate in fact.
> Moreover, nationalism is offtopic, isn't it? It's clear I failed to be
> funny for which I'm sorry, too. Sorry, Dan, sorry Piotr. Good day to
> everyone!

Sorry if I created the wrong impression, but it wasn't YOUR posting that
I referred to as "hate-mail"; it was the off-list stuff quoted by Miguel
(who must have been mildly amused at being addressed as Slavic scum). I
reacted the way I did just in order to nip a potential "who hates whom"
discussion in the bud. Please, folks, let's simply forget about the
incident.

Piotr