[Ansteorra] Re: My last word

[Lou Burgin]

My Dear Luciano, My condolences on the death Etienne.  I have never
experienced anything but politeness and grace from you in all my dealings
with you.    AmberLea
May the hinges on the doors to friendship never become rusty.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Theron Bretz" <tbretz at io.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:29 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra] Re: My last word


> >Dear members of this list, I apologize to any and all who were >offended
by
> my use of the word Nazi.  It is the similarity in >tactics I refer to in
the
> analogy, those who believe that my way is >the only way and I am better
than
> you because I do things my >way.  Fortunately by my experience this is a
> very small group of >people.
>
> Your Excellency,
>
> No apology is needed.  Once again, I would stress that I raised my
objection
> to the word in question in terms of its general pejorative usage rather
than
> a specific incident.  If the discussion made people think before using the
> word in the future, so much the better.  I apologize if the thread
> distressed you, but to my mind, some valuable discussion ensued both
public
> and private, and I've seen no hard feelings come from it.
>
> I certainly hope you don't consider me a member of that very small group
of
> mean people who spoil it for the rest of the History Freaks (my personal
> favorite term - slightly deprecating but sans the racist/genocidal
> connotations).  If you do consider me one of these folk, please contact me
> off-list so that we may discuss how I might correct this behavior.
>
> Don Luciano Malatesta
>
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