Subject: Re: [FFML] Re: [FFML] Provincialism
From: Caroline Ann Seawright
Date: 9/6/1996, 3:46 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

I assumed an adult would have figured out this stuff that I at my young
age have already realized.
You've missed a vital point though. Maybe in a few years you'll get 
it!! ;-)  . Read my comments below before going ballistic on this!!

Cool! Someone's going to go ballistic!? I wanna watch!

I think there's a kind of line between "making fun of" and just
plain out "insulting."  It's easy to "make fun of" Americans if you're
not one...if anything, I've learned from making fun of countless people
throughout my life that if you're the one getting ridiculed, things
just don't seem so "funny."  So many people from countries besides the
US bash the US, and so when someone makes fun of it, I could say at
least I feel kind of sensitive about it.  Of course, you'll probably
respond to that last sentence with a smart-assed comment like "ooh,
poor baby!" since that is what so much of your reply to this Provinc-
ialism letter contains.  Oh, or maybe "lump it" or "you can't make me
admit nothin'!" <-- those are the way most net.arguments _everywhere_ 
end, anyways, so don't worry about disappointing me ...
As another Aussie, I'll answer, so none of the above retorts apply. We 
Australians are a funny group. We are easily the worlds best at 
teasing and poking fun at people including ourselves. If you ever 
take any of it seriously you become an automatic target for future 
"harassment". We view the poor victims-types who cry in anger and 
denial as total idiots who are there for our amusement.
    Feel free to keep on denying all the claims you've read and to 
burst into tears, etc. It'll only encourage us anyway!! ;-) 

Ha! You just like 'harassing' Americans because everyone harasses you!
Isn't that right? Hmmm? Can't pick on anyone else, so you'll go for the
'Merkins since they're the biggest and easiest target!

PS - you'll find our most popular targets are ourselves anyway!!

You can't even drive! Beeeeedah! ^_^

Kun-chan...