From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 43241
Date: 2006-02-04
----- Original Message -----From: tgpedersenSent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:28 AMSubject: Re: [tied] West bird
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> As for the argument, get a copy of Guillaume, read it, and if
you have any problems with it, then let us hear your counter-
arguments.
I'm up to my ears in two books on Chinese already. I would like
Piotr or any other who read Jacques to supply the argument behind
the unreasoned conclusion in the quote.
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Patrick:Piotr and no one else on this list is your research assistant, Torsten. It was nice enough of him to point to a source of relevant information. What you do what that knowledge is _your_ responsibility.
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>It was a helpful reference, and information that should be
>considered in this context.
Conclusions without argument are of no help to me.***Patrick:Then read the argument. I am sure we all read French well enough for that.***
> Stop flailing around! The quality of your postings used to be
much better.
>
I might come across more agressive that I used to. We Danes are
under some stress these days.
Torsten
***Patrick:Yes, with the craven response of your government to attacks on Danish press-freedom, I would feel under some stress myself if I were a Dane.***