--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Which is really too bad, because whatever *else* he > > is and has done, Blair's the "point man" at this > > summit for global warming and aid for Africa. > > > > Just a comment, however, about "huge." While I loathe > > the people who would do such a thing as much as anyone > > else here, it's good to keep some perspective. Forty > > people killed by terrorist bombs strikes Westerners as > > shocking, but the *average* number of civilians killed > > by such terrorists in Iraq during the last 18 months > > is 20 per day. > > > As regards your comment about death in our backyard, agreed. > > As for Blair being the point man for global warming and poverty in > Africa, consider that his unpopularity is growing at home (largely due > to his alignment with Bushie). So having helped to cause great chaos > and death in the world, he now tosses a few crumbs towards the > humanitarians, and we eagerly lap them up? > > This is a pattern we've seen all too often these days. The powerful > take 90% for themselves, pausing to loft a few pennies our way and > everyone congratulates them for it. Leaves me speechless.
While I agree, crumbs are better than nothing, and an asshole making a positive step should be congratulated on that step rather than condemned for all the past missteps. That's my theory, anyway. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
