On Sat, 24 May 2003 08:43:12 +1000 (EST), Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Thu, 22 May 2003, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Thu, 22 May 2003 22:39:02 +1000, Russell Coker >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> > On Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06, Miles Bader wrote: >> >> You mean the iraq war? What's the point? How is avoiding the >> >> U.S. going to help anything, regardless of how strongly you feel >> >> about the U.S. governments acts or positions? >> >> > When tourism goes down the hotel, entertainment, and airline >> > industries suffer. If enough people boycott the US because of >> > this then it'll keep the American economy down. >> >> I see. You all are personally taking action to make it harder for >> my friends and relatives to find a job, or get decent health care >> (my ex-boss has been looking for employment for 27 months now, and >> my step daughter does not have a job with benefits), and you expect >> me to have sympathy for your views? > Do you have a better way of encougaging the U.S.A. to take an > alternate stance? Try by not blackmailing us. > Remember, the rest of the world does *not* owe you and yours a > living. Quite. But if they take delibrate action to hurt _any_ country, or its economy, they shall have to live with the consequences. manoj -- Knowledge without common sense is folly. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C