Forum Archive Index - March 2000

["Ben Dutton" <bendutton@sharechat.co.nz>]

Phil and RIL:

I'd like to say that personal comments are not allowed on this forum.

Now that your respective feelings about New Zealand have been said, I feel
we should drop the debate before it goes any further.

Thanks to Frank for his INL posting last night, I'll be watching the
movements of this share today with interest!

Best Regards,

Benjamin Dutton

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Williams <philw@hyperactive.co.nz>
To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [sharechat] Macro-economic issues


> Dear RIL,
>
> You know, Jim Andertons call for NZ'ers overseas may be a laughable joke,
but it's attitudes like the one displayed in your posting that really make
me ill.
>
> > London is a lifestyle choice. Interesting people, great history,
> > architecture, libraries, museums, plays etc. But I guess if you want to
> > sit on a beach with a bunch of inarticulate beer guzzling morons who
> > can't string a sentence together then NZ is your place.
>
> You mean the morons who work (and drink) with me on the weekends?
> The one with the 6 month old multi-million dollar business? Or the ones
doing the worlds best digital animation in the Hutt Valley? I could go on...
>
> > Personally if I never see the place again I'll be happy.
>
> You obviously crave the smog, crime and human overload that engulfs
London, and as an individual you have every right to live there.
> But you'll be back here when you're 70, like everyone else with
citizenship, because this is the most beautiful developed nation in the
world. Clean air and a good latte.
>
> The real shame is that every person who runs like a lemming to the lure of
London or New York, making smug statements like yours, does so simply
because they believe the myth that you can't "make it" in New Zealand.
>
> That's BS.
>
> The best ideas are global. You can start one from here as anywhere else.
>
> Keep viperous postings like that to yourself in future so I don't have to
waste my time rebutting you, your condescension is insufferable.
>
> No regards,
>
> Phil Williams
>
>
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