Hi all,
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> well there is some rumor that it could be China or russia!
Damn... OK, so Americans are extremely parochial, arrogant and (very often) stupid (where else in the world do you find such a concentration of stupidity as AOL?). I think all these are attributes are rather quaint when measured against the China-Russia-firing-squad-we-regret-to-inform-that-your-family-have-been-sent-to-Siberia-to-die-because-they-sneezed-during-a-school-play-about-the-Revolution type tactics.
I must say, though, that it would be nice if you American chaps sometimes peered, however myopically, a little beyond your borders. This business of tagging email with "this isn't spam because of some stupid Senate bill which has no jurisdiction in your country, or even your continent" really annoys me. Also, your anthem is a bit weird and way to difficult for anyone who hasn't had extensive voice training to sing. What were they thinking? Just look at our "Nkosi Sikelele i'Afrika", or even "Die Stem": rousing, patriotic lyrics in a vocal range which even an AOL subscriber could almost manage.
Regards
Adam Oellermann
South African Citizen
(OK, so we have more crime, violence, corruption than you; less organisation, fair prices, service-oriented business: but at least, here, if someone disagrees with you, they don't swear at you: they just shoot you.)
