This is both hillarious and appauling ...

[Sergey Semenyuk]

I don't get you. Sorry. Lots of people around you have you have unusual
fates...but it barely gives them a right to make this sort of conclusions,
and have a chance to make them public. We say IMHO, he says, "I barely know
anything about the subject, but I will speculate about it...". My boss
survived German concentration camp as a child. He's quiet and reasonable.


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| From: serge_ss-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org

| Just came across something... Have fun. Comments? Suggestions? I only have
couple of for him f#@cks in my pocket.
| 
|
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040213.wwiwa14/BNStory/Int
ernational

I've read a few of his columns in the past.  I've wanted to like them,
but I've found them lacking in insight.

He does have an interesting background.  His father was executed in
1995 by the Nigerian government, essentially for terrorism.  But it is
doubtful that he was a terrorist.

He (the son) grew up in Nigeria and Britain.  He now lives in Toronto.
That, in itself, ought to give him unique insights.

<http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwpa/campus_update/news/2001/nr_02_08_01.shtml>
<http://www.pbs.org/newamericans/2.0/nigeria/sarowiwa1.htm>

I think that the analogies he's trying to draw in this column are very
strained.  But then I would, wouldn't I?  I'm one of those LINUX fans
and not an Islamic terrorist.

His facts are actually distant approximations.

Then again, most newspaper articles that are about subjects with
which I am familiar seem to be quite inaccurate.  From this I
extrapolate to believe that most newspaper articles are inaccurate.
But newspapers are head and shoulders above TV for accuracy.

Hugh Redelmeier
hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org  voice: +1 416 482-8253

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