Chris, It wasn't an insult, it was a description.
However, let's forget it. What is your source for "Ford supplying cars &factories and IBM supplying the "computers" for the camps." Are you referring to before the US entered the war? Why do you rush past the 99% of trade which is of enormous benefit to people in order to make a useless point about some exchanges which are not. It's rather as if you would close down the supermarkets and small grocery stores because some people are fencing stolen goods. Arms trading is almost totally within the province of governments. So, maybe we should close down governments? Actually, that might be a good idea. Harry ******************************* Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ******************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 5:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Futurework] So, does trade foster peace or not? > > Harry Pollard wrote: > > I shall try to avoid being humorous when correcting you as > > you really don't seem to get it. The English think the > > Germans have no sense of humor -- perhaps the strong > > Germanic component of the Swiss people confirms that belief. > > Or, perhaps my quips are not so funny as I think. > > An insult isn't funny, by any reasonable standard. Part of > having humor is knowing the difference between humor and bad > taste. > > > > Exchanging goods is far better than exchanging bullets. > > So you think Ford supplying cars &factories and IBM supplying > the "computers" for the camps were fostering peace too? > > Hint: The crucial criterion is whether a specific trade > increased the duration of war and the number of victims. > This is true for many kinds of trade, so a general statement > that "trade fosters peace" simply doesn't make sense -- most > evident in arms trade. > > Chris > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
