At 13:37 14-6-01 -0700, John Giorgis wrote:

>Before you criticize our system of government, why
>don't you examine the flaws in your own.

So we're not supposed to criticize the system of US government, because the 
European system has flaws of its own? That's one way to kill a discussion...


>Do you
>expect me to find that the percentage votes in
>European legislatures always match the percentages in
>the opinion polls?

They are not always a perfect match, but they usually are fairly close. I 
certainly can't remember that (most of) our representatives voted "No" 
while the opinion polls showed that a majority (or a large minority) said 
"Yes".


> >. The right to life is
> > *the* human right, and nowhere does it say that you
> > can remove that right.
> > Well, nowhere that I'd consider
>
>Well, you aparently seem to think that women (and only
>women) have the right to decide if a particular unborn
>child retains the right to life.

I already wondered when you'd bring that topic up again. It's been a 
while...   :(


>I took the time to write to the
>person who had sent this to me to explain to them that
>despite the EU's faults (like being pro-choice), the
>EU is a fundamentally good institution.

Well, whaddaya know, John is actually saying something nice about 
Europe...   :)


Jeroen

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