RE: What to look for in a technical editor

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

> Um, think you've got it wrong John. The American colonies fought for
> independence in 1776 and won. That much is true. The war of 
> 1812 however was an
> American attack on the Canadian colonies under the 
> edict/dream of "Manifest
> Destiny" and the incorrect assumption that Canadians would 
> rise up and fight on
> the sides of the American invaders. What happened was the 
> opposite. Americans
> tried and failed at that trick a number of times actually.

how DARE you even hint that we Americans haven't won every war we've been
in.

BTW...Vietnam was not a war, it was a police action :-)


John Posada
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