[SOC] Ambassadors' letter to Blair (???)

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You might want to have a look at Jacques Barzun's "From
Dawn to decidance" a study of the development of thought in
the last 500 years.

cheers, Paul

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:51:46 -0700 soc@mailman.qth.net wrote:
> I was once asked by a Cherokee what was the problem with white people.	He
> wanted to know when we would go home and leave folks alone.  My immediate
> thought was that he was right.	My opinion after much thought is he is
> very, very right!  White people have caused many of the world's problems.
> When are we going to go home and leave the rest of the folks alone?
>     Kevin.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:42:15 +1000, Ian C. Purdie
> <ianpurdie@integritynet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > Paul Bartlett wrote:
> >
> >> >
> >> > Home.
> >> >
> >> Far too late for that.
> >>
> >> Brits have been involved here since the fall of the Ottoman empire and
> >> we
> >> have a responsibility to sort something out.
> >
> > The "we" are the root cause of the problem way back since those days,
> > when "we"
> > betrayed them all after their support during WW1.
> >
> > Why is it "we" have this paternalistic attitude that these folks can't
> > sort out
> > things for themselves? "We" must meddle.
> >
> > Could it be that the real reason is that "we" once again want to install
> > a tame
> > cat government which is compliant to "our" wishes?
> >
> > Watch closely the next UN resolution to be presented and debated. It will
> > demonstrate just how fair and genuine "we" are in our interests in a
> > genuine
> > democracy in Iraq.
> >
> > I hope the rest of the world have the moral fibre to stand up to "us"
> > and say
> > *NO*
> >
> > Ian
> 
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cheers, Paul - VA7NT ex VE7CQK - email: paule@sfu.ca
"Those who hear not the music. . . think the dancers mad."