Thats OK ,, Us aussies may joke about you kiwi's and sheep and stuff.. but I suspect we'd look after you all in the event of something happening,,, (not that our defenses are anything major on a world scale.) besides, you are right under us, so anyone wanting to attack you, would have to go past us anyway,, (unless they come from antartica, which is unlikely) still you make good points. I believe the swiss (I think its the swiss anyway,,,) are the only REAL democracy in the world..... the politions don't get to do anything unless the people pass it... and the people say yes or no... and the people can make their own suggestions as well... its really very good... rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of skinky Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2001 8:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sridhar Dhanapalan Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA On Thursday 13 September 2001 00:36, you wrote: > That's the point I'm trying to make. However, the government is elected > by the people, for the people. If we can actually get the American > populace to actually _think_ about what is going on here, they will > hopefully realise that _they_ are the ones who can stop this. For > example, they could vote for somebody more globally responsible at the > next election. Sridhar, I only wish that it _could_ be possible to vote into Parliament some decent politicians. I lilve in New Zealand and I've never voted for the Labour Party. As you are most likely aware, our current Government is Labour and they have been in power many times. I have not seen one *decent* candidate for _any_ party (or one that I consider fit to represent our people) run for parliament at any election! It seems to me that we have no choice but to pick the best of a bad bunch (maybe *bad* is not the correct word here). So please be aware that not all Americans voted for President Bush. Its a bit like the Linux vs Windows scenario: _we_ know which OS is superior, but what we have no say on what _others_ choose. Tho we try our best to educate them ;-) This attack on the US brings to mind our current govt's anti-nuclear stand. I for one, and many others feel the same, would far rather have the backup from the likes of Australia and the US in the event of an attack against NZ. However, our Prime Minister sees fit to give up our national security regardless of what the "people" have to say. She also drastically reduced funding for our national defense, which by the way, is pathetic and almost non-existent. Perhaps you may see this as being "globally responsible" but in my opionion she made the wrong decision and would most likely be the first to cry for help should the occasion ever arise. Don't get me wrong, I'm not the war-crazed, blood-thirsty type but I sure feel vulnerable when I think of the crazy greed in this world. Although it is unlikely (I hope) that NZ would be compromised in the near future, we cannot forget that other countries (ie. Japan and Germany) have given thought to taking over NZ in the past . Jeez I'm glad we're well away from other countries (apart from Aussie that is) ;-) skinky _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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