At 10:07 AM 9/5/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:

By the way, I used the name "Schmidt" in my satire post, sent out earlier this morning. I picked that name randomly, being a common German name (cognate to Smith, I believe), and meant nothing with regard to Stephan.

(I also don't dislike Germans in general. I studied some German in high school--don't ask me to use it, though!--and have visited Germany. They just have a certain well-known tendency to take the authoritarian path at times.) --Tim

"Once all the Germans were warlike and mean But that couldn't happen again. We taught them a lesson in 1918... And they've hardly bothered us since then!" Tom Lehrer, "MLF Lullaby" Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com