G said: >My own impression of the people on this list is that we're different, >far more well informed than the typical person. Many of my neighbours >cannot even locate Japan on the map for instance - ok that's an >exaggeration but you get the idea. The media reinforces the insularity >I see.
I used to think the same thing. But I'm realizing more and more that this is an elitist view of our community (I don't meanthe CF-Community). As I become more conservative in my 30s I begin to understand more completely why people feel the way they do about certain issues, even ones that don't seem logical or from an "informed" viewpoint, when in fact the person holding such an opinion may or may not be as informed as anyone else. I think that logical opinions are typically reserved for a liberal person, while emotional opinions are more typically seen from the conservative person. What I've learned that is really important to me is that neither is more valid than the other. Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:31 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Japan, politics and relevance Interesting you would bring up that issue, because I just read about it in the Times yesterday for the first time! Frankly, I think a big part of it is just that Americans don't find trade disputes to be very interesting news. I know I was bored reading about it. As for the story itself, looks like another case of the US using money and influence to try and punish a country with which it is having a childish spat. > My own impression of the people on this list is that we're different, > far more well informed than the typical person. Many of my neighbours > cannot even locate Japan on the map for instance - ok that's an > exaggeration but you get the idea. The media reinforces the insularity > I see. > > Here's another good example, speaking of Canada - there's been a long > running software lumber dispute between the US and Canada. Three years > ago, the administration imposed a tariff on Canadian lumber exports at > the insistance of the US lumber industry. Canada disagreed and took > the trade dispute to the various oversight treaty organizations (the > WTO, FTA and NAFTA) There has been 2 WTO , one FTA, and three NAFTA > hearings over this dispute. All of which have ruled against the US in > this matter. The NAFTA hearings all stated, the most recent quite > strongly, that this tarriff was clearly illegal and the US was in > violation of the NAFTA accords. It also ruled that it owed Canadian > producers about $2 billion. The response has been a refusal to > recognize this ruling. Yet except for one very small blurb in a back > sectin of the Post, there has been almost no notice in the US media. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169816 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
