Put it like this: 1 million children can avoid starving to death if one political prisoner is held or tortured or executed.
Would you think that is acceptable? On 21 April 2011 14:16, Rog & Reet <rognr...@exemail.com.au> wrote: > Thought of having your family and friends tortured so you can get more > dosh? > > > > > > *From:* nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Steven Millward > *Sent:* Thursday, 21 April 2011 8:57 AM > > *To:* nswolves@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [NSWolves] Politically savvy football fans? > > > > India is blighted by corruption and its GDP per capita is 1/3 of China's. > > > How many people's lives are saved in China compared to India because the > speed of economic growth has been much faster than might have been achieved > in a free economy? > > > > > > > On 21 April 2011 07:22, Rog & Reet <rognr...@exemail.com.au> wrote: > > ????? > > > > *From:* nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Steven Millward > *Sent:* Thursday, 21 April 2011 6:17 AM > > > *To:* nswolves@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [NSWolves] Politically savvy football fans? > > > > Not on the same scale, and that's the point. > > On 20 April 2011 22:41, Rog & Reet <rognr...@exemail.com.au> wrote: > > Democratic India has done it with a free press and without state sanctioned > mass murder and torture. > > > > > > *From:* nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Steven Millward > *Sent:* Wednesday, 20 April 2011 6:55 PM > *To:* nswolves@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [NSWolves] Politically savvy football fans? > > > > I think I'm the only one that struggles with the China problem. I've > mentioned this to others and they've been horrified. But... > > I realise that there are human rights problems there in vast number. > However, the Chinese government has succeeded in moving hundreds of millions > of people out of abject poverty over the last two decades. I seriously > doubt if that could have been acheived in a free democracy. I come back to > the Vulcan philosophy that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the > few. There might be a million people who are in jail for political crimes > but what if the life of hundreds of millions has been improved? > > Tough one eh? > > On 17 April 2011 20:36, Rog & Reet <rognr...@exemail.com.au> wrote: > > Last week, when Sydney FC played against Shanghai Shenhua in the Asian > Champions League, the fans in The Cove entertained the small crowd with > several pithy ditties, including: *"One Dalai Lama, there's only one Dalai > Lama," *and, to the tune of *Yellow Submarine*,* "We all live in a free > democracy, free democracy, a free democracy …"* > > -- > Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? > A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. > > > > -- > Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? > A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. > > -- > Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? > A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. > > > > -- > Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? > A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. > > -- > Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? > A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. > > > > -- > Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? > A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. > > -- > Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? > A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. > -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked.
