On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 06:37:23PM -0800, ben wrote: > On Saturday 16 February 2002 06:33 pm, you wrote: > > On Saturday 16 February 2002 11:41 am, MH wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > and here is really no interest in ridiculing anyone and less someone > > > who would formulate constructively his criticism and suggestions ... > > > i really really don't want you to construe this as any kind of xenophobia, > but this phrase above just doesn't work in english. i have no idea what you > meant to convey by this.
I admit, I'm no english man, but the sentence you fail to parse seem clear as can be to my foreign eyes:) Or were you just kidding? To me it says, that we on this list have no interest in ridiculing anyone, and especially not someone that formulates his criticism and suggestions in a constructive way. -- groetjes, carel