On Sun, 25 May 2003, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> > 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.
Wish to elaborate on that one a little? I'm finding it hard to work out how "not blackmailing" you is going to encourage the U.S.A. to rethink it's policies. > > 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. Boycott us back. Considering the US government screws .au at every opportunity, I doubt we'd even notice. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16