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From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (Reza Taheri)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Reagan's re-election
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 17:03:39 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 17 17:03:39 1984
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There was an article on the net a while back stating that Americans
and the US government are two different entities and Americans don't
always agree with what their government does.  I replied to that article
and said that as far as foreign policy goes, that is not quite so anymore
and a bully mentality is taking over.  In response to my article,
blossom@dspo.UUCP (j. blossom @ LANL) in <188@dspo.UUCP> writes:

> Has it possible dawned on you that you were *guests* in the US, and
> that the protest you conducted was extremely ill mannered? Iranians
> would never have put up with any of the actions ...flag burning,etc
> that you were guilty of. My own feeling is that Americans have the
> option of changing our government if we dont like it, but as for
> barbarians coming here to take advantage of the oportunities in the
> USA , and running thier loud mouths about our country, PLEASE LEAVE
> and go jump on an Iraqi mine field where your opinions carry more
> "wieght"

   After reading the above, I was very tempted to answer his/her charges,
especially the ones based on the stereotypes that some people seem
to believe in.  But then, I read the following:

> the rantings above have no connection to any known
> 	     intellegent life form, least of all my employers.
> 	     j. blossom @ LANL

   You hit the nail right on the head, j.blossom.  Anybody with half a
brain would have re-read my article before ranting like that.  My article
gives you no evidence of my involvement in the actions you accuse me of.
I'd just like to thank you for a) being so irrational that I don't have
to respond and thus save time; and b) showing that people like you exist
and proving the point of my original article.

H. Reza Taheri
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