in article 41DE599B.2000000@hotmail.com, Declan Murphy at
declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote on 1/7/05 6:42 PM:

> Ernest Schaal wrote:
>> in article 41DE2BA4.1090106@hotmail.com, Declan Murphy at
>> declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote on 1/7/05 3:26 PM:
>> 
>>> All intelligent people choose to live in the inaka, or whatever passes
>>> for it these days. However you do seem to have much in common with Kevin
>>> though hopefully you are a little different offline, as he probably is
>>> as well.
>> 
>> All intelligent people choose to live in the inaka? That seems like a
>> ridiculous overgeneralization. It sure sounds like you are assuming that
>> your preferences are the only valid ones, which sounds very egotistical. I
>> hope that you are different offline.
> 
> I'm glad you spotted that - assuming you spotted it. Originally I
> intended to write something more keeping with the "I am right, therefore
> you are wrong" genre Kevin and yourself use so frequently, but I figured
> it wasn't sufficiently subtle.

Funny thing, but your comment seems to be based upon a false assumption on
your part. If you go back to the thread that started our present
disagreement, you should notice that false assumption, that I was saying
that large cities are the only place to live.

I was having a discussion with an anti-American who was ranting about how
great the British were in WWII and how useless the Americans were when he
mentioned that he lived in Vancouver. Being gracious (and being truthful), I
commented that I had visited Vancouver and had liked the place. Being the
jerk that he was, rather than take the compliment, he badmouthed Vancouver,
saying that it was not anywhere as good as Vancouver Island, where he lived.

You then joined in an attack on me, bad mouthing Gifu as being inaka, even
though you also live in inaka. You then accused me of badmouthing Vancouver
Island because it is inaka. If you bother to review that thread, you should
realize that I never did that. I never commented on how bad Vancouver Island
was, mainly because I am not familiar with that area. Instead, I stood up
for Vancouver.

I don't know what is wrong with you, but you seem intent to attribute to me
things I never said, or even thought.
> 
> As for my offline persona, well yes I guess I am different offline. In
> fact I believe I'm the humblest Irish resident in the whole of Hane-cho.

You might be "humble" but you are clearly bigoted against Americans and that
bigotry clouds your judgment.
> 
>> There are some conveniences that I miss living in Gifu, but we made the
>> decision to remain there after I retired. Having said that, I am not so
>> egotistical that my choice of location is the only valid one.
> 
> Is it the only valid one for you? Happier there than you would be
> anywhere else?

I didn't say that, did I? Instead it is another example of your personal
prejudices clouding your judgment.

By the way, judging from previous messages, I don't know if you really were
trying to be ironic, or if you really do believe that inaka living is the
only one for intelligent people, or maybe a combination of both.