yikes...
Tim Ware
tim at hyperarts.com
Tue Dec 16 18:08:55 CST 2008
Well, before Herr Lorentzen left the list, he wrote:
> Dear Blockwart
>
> danke fuers Saeubern!
>
> kfl
Jeez, he called me a nazi there ... which, natch, really hurt coming
from him. His original post had been so richly formatted that I
couldn't really read it, but someone else wrote me where it was quoted
and it came through loud & clear.
From Wikipedia, the expression Blockwart was used during the period
of National Socialism of the German population mostly as a generic
term for functionaries of the Nazi Party.
Oh well, I hope this isn't the general impression here on the list. My
intentions, as I already expressed, were pretty benign, just asking
for a bit of consideration. As far as I'm concerned, I won't be
missing this character. And I'm sorry if I drove off a valued member
of the list with my "cleansing" requests.
Cheers. Tim
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