Hi, if we continue this thread, we may need to take it off list, I have a little problem with the serious usage of phrases like
"I worry more about how Canada treats majority world countries than how the USA may treat Canada" and "especially a country like India that needs to have more 'peering' and less 'being dictated to' by foreigners" To think seriously like this (as opposed to making conversation) implies thinking of countries as individuals. I don't think this is correct. For countries with single dictators over several decades this may hold, but for most democracies country-country relationships are driven dominantly by business give and take. You try and negotiate for the best deal and so does your counterpart, and you end up with a deal that reflects each others bargaining power. In an ideal world the governments of each country would look out for the long term prosperity of their own nation and everything will be ok. Problems arise when the government of a country does not take decisions that benefit that country in the long term. So I don't think its a question of "how your government treats other countries" its a question of how "your government treats you" I'm particularly adamant about this point, because so many governments in so many countries have got away by saying "oh, the British didn't let us do this" or "oh the americans prevent us from doing this" or "oh the Indians are plotting against us so we are backward" ad inf. when the fault lies within. There is no "foreign hand" You stand up and be counted and the world will listen. I don't know about you, but I elect my government to look out for my best interest. If they did anything else, its probably in the self interest of some individual in that government and the interest of some other government. I wish my government to make the best deal they can. If they can dominate another country in a field of business, its business. -kaushik -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
