Apology. (fwd)

[Una Smith]

"Ms. S.J. Rickard" <srickard at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> wrote, presumably to Wah
Chen:

>I get the impression you hide behind this facade in order to get away
>with rude comments and pull the wool over Americans eyes (an eagerly
>pursued British pasttime!).

As I said, Wah Chen's bait isn't worth responding to.

But it seems to me that Ms. Rickard's comment reveals a common British
self-delusion:  that one can behave like a jerk without being one.  To
an American, if you act like a jerk, you are one.

	Una Smith