--- Jorpho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > What the? "Melting-pot" is not the first thing that comes to mind when
> I
> > > think of American culture. Maybe your neighbourhood is like that, but
> what
> > > about the deep south, where racism and what some people may call
> backwards
> > > religious thinking is still rampant? I really hope the world is not
> > > heading
> > > for that.
> >
> > Been to Atlanta recently? Things is differnt down them parts. W
> >
> > e have people from all over the world. There is not a culture that is not
> > represented. We have the most inter-mairiges, etc. etc. etc. We are the
> > melting pot of the world.
>
> ? Georgia, Kansas, Texas, etc. make up a significant part of America, do
> they not?
Yes they do and raceism may still be more prevelent in the rural parts of
Georgia and mississippi, but not in Kansas and only in a few small towns in
Texas. I have lived in all of these places you know. There are idots
everywhere the US is no exception.
> I also neglected to mention factors such as the large number of gun deaths
> and the lack of universal medicare.
Murder happens all over the world. The UK (a country in which guns are
illlegal) has more deaths by gunshot than Texas and Nevada combined. And you
can carry a weapon in those states. Criminals are much less likely to commit
crimes if they know that a large portion of the population is packing.
If Universal medical care is so greate, then why do tens of thousands of
people from all over the world (including Europe) come to the US to get
medical care? BTW if anyone, no matter how unable to pay, walks into a
"general" hospital for medial service they will not be turned down. have you
seen statistics on what country has the longest lives and the best health?
>This is the future world culture?
CULTURE NOT MUNICIPALITY, do you not seperate the consepts where you are
from? I know that many in the middle east do not.
>And
> what about Kyoto?
Don't get me started. Here is an "treaty" that says everyone but the US can
produce just about as much greenouse gas as they please, but the US has to
take a ~very~ significant hit to their economy, that sounds to me like some
kind of economic war wrapped in the guise of a environemntal treaty. No
thanks! It would have been jsut as effective to ask the US to take ~all~ of
it's wealth and spread it evenly among all other countries. I understand why
this would be adventagous to every other country in the world, but what makes
you think the US would even consider it?
We havent even begun to talk about what Keyoto would do to the middle east.
If the US suddenly reduced the use of oil based fuels what do you think would
happen to the Middle East economies?
The consensous in the scientific comunity is still out on whether the level
at which ghgs are being emmited in the US will have any effect on the
environment.The US does have laws to significantly reduce greenhouse gases on
a slower pace. Electiric cars or gas/electric vehicles are now becomeing
quite popular. Where I live there are a number of shoping centers which have
parking places (near the front door BTW) in which you can plug in your
electric.
We were very much in favor of a version of Kyoto which was slower and had an
equal step down across the board. Or, even one which had a uneven stepdown,
but was not so drastic that it would ruine the US economy, and in such a case
it would have to include helpe to rebuild the ME economies.
Basicaly a Kyoto that did not destroy any economy.
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