>>The message up to the last sentence was perfect, but that last sentence I read it as irony, like "unlike your corrupt country where the president got 95% of the vote", I might be wrong or not, but that is the way I read it, and if you were directing that to me, to Argentina, I would thoroughly agree with you and chuckle, but it might be offensive for others and you were directing the message to someone new.
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>>[Update]Of course I do not justify Mike's words!![/Update]
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>Yes, I could see that and I actually thought about it before I wrote it. I tried not to imply any thing corrupt about the election ( I am in no position to know ) but I did a little research before I wrote it and decided to just state it factually as it is indeed a contrast from our country where the electorate is more visibly split.
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Just FYI from a non-native [but often Charles reading] member:
I had interpreted it as sarcastic needling - and I could argue both sides on "pampering newbies"...