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Message ID: 25803
Date: Fri Feb 8 18:21:54 GMT 2002
Author: Talies the Wanderer
Subject: KABONG! (was RE: [eqbards] OT: *sigh* Stereotyping...)


Please consider this thread Kabonged. Not only is it horribly off-topic,
but it's getting rather personal ;) I know anytime *I* want to flame
someone that we've left the building.

So - back to your regular broadcast.

Talies the Moderator


At 10:19 AM 2/8/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>--- Daniel Sniderman <fuzzbone@...> wrote:
> > Pardon me - but I was born in Chicago, IL in 1962. I'm an American and
> > have
> > lived here all my life. I'm not "stereotyping Americans". I'm stating my
> > OPINION of what is wrong with my country. If you are unable to deal with
> > any sort of criticism - I apologize.
>
>The day any other country, or all of them combined, comes anywhere close to
>the innovation and global economic benefits the US provides, there'll be
>something /arguably/ wrong with Americans' sense of self-importance.
>
>Remember, without us there'd be no Internet.
>
> > I DO believe that we are arrogant and never consider markets outside our
> > own.
>
>That's because it takes ten times the population to make the same money in
>any other market.
>
> > Almost every article I've read talks about EQ being the "Largest"
> > MMORPG Game. It's not. There's a Korean game that's larger. It's much
>
>Who gives a rat's ass? Imagine the world of computing if they'd been left to
>themselves in Korea...<snort>
>
>"When are they going to port EverQuest to the Abacus?"
>
> > larger. Whether their number is 2.7 million as they claim - or something
> > close to 800K (not sure - as Tallies show they use some voodoo accounting
> > to
> > get that number) - only looking at the American market when talking about
> > "The Largest" or "Best" is a failing that we'd be better off if we expanded
>
>I'll take American customers over Korean ones 2:1 any day. It's no
>coincidence that our income and standard of living are more than double
>theirs.
>
>
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