I'm afraid I've come to the conclusion that, in human behaviour, there is not much to be distinguished between the past and the future. People look out for themselves even if they dress it up in fancy language like "free trade" and "spreading freedom and democracy". And in looking out for themselves, they put much of the world at risk, often at terrible risk. Many news articles have dealt with the burden imposed on Africa by European agricultural subsidies and on Mexico by American corn farming subsidies. Mexico, the mother of corn since ancient times, now imports huge quantities of subsidized corn from the US. Under NAFTA, it can't stop the flow. One of the few recources Mexican farmers have, other than starvation, is to try to get across the Rio Grande to make some money to keep their families alive. Of course, many Americans are outraged that they should try to do so. They call them "illegal aliens". If they are both illegal and alien, a kind of sub-species, you really don't have to treat them humanely do you? And you don't really have to look at the deeper problem of why they crossed the border in the first place.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Early Free Trade > Maybe I should have added right away that the posting was about the future > rather than about the past. Namely, the WTO schemes of 3rd-world trade > to starve the poor. > > Chris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
