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From: John Fitzgerald <>
Subject: Re: Irish Crown Jewels Affair
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 21:29:27 -0500


Dear Mr. Kelly,

With your current comments phrased as you have them below, I find nothing at all
offensive in any of it. I guess that the brevity of your earlier remarks on
this subject left my all-too-sensitive nature (tonight, anyway, but never
reaching to that ugly level of the PC) with too much room to read between the
lines for some imagined insults never meant. I do apologize for the tone of my
own earlier comments to you, as here you do appear to be a gentleman, and my
remarks, therefore, were inappropriate, as were any personal presumptions that I
may have reached. Your free speech is as important to me as any other's, and I
encourage you to speak out. We have no argument in that, or on any other
matter. The improvement of Irish research facilities, both governmental and
private, does require greater funding all around and I look forward to ways to
assist in the encouragement of future contributions to that cause.

Sincerely, Jack Fitzgerald

Kevin Kelly wrote:

> Dear Mr Fitzgerald,
> Thank you, for writing. Their arguments do not rattle me, that much. They
> have a write to their expression of speech. Although I'm proud of my Irish
> heritage, I do find Ireland a difficult country, in which to do research and
> an expensive matter, to boot. I think the person who said to write somewhere
> in Ireland and tell the authorities that hiring more personnell, is right on
> target. Mention the all mighty Pound and they're start two-stepping.
> It is just frustrating to me, I've been a researcher for 30 years and the
> Irish, still do not have it right. To those, who want to argue, I have been to
> Ireland, the people and country are great. But, I feel this way. Now, I've
> expressed by freedom of speech.
> Kevin Kelly, St Louis, USA

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