On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 18:17:08 -0000, David P
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:20:08 -0000, David P
wrote:

In article ,
says...

You still haven't identified what it was I said, which you took as
implying, that people who are still farming are shortsighted.


From: Torsten Brinch
Newsgroups: uk.business.agriculture,sci.agriculture
Subject: UK farm profitability to jun 2002
Message-ID:
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 10:55:45 +0100
.....But that isn't the point. UK had in 1996 a farm income peak, the
highest in 20 years. The Times could see what would come after, so why
couldn't the farmers.

"The Times could see what could come after so why couldn't the farmers'
Does this not imply shortsightedness?

No, it's an expression of my disbelief, that the farmers could not
see the same as The Times could see.


Goodbye.

If I may make an observation, before you must leave, I think what we
have experienced is a clash of cultures. My culture is one of fixing
problems, your culture seems to be one in which fixing blame is
imperative. Perhaps if we both keep that difference in mind we will
leave less room for future misunderstanding.