On Thu, 22 May 2003 22:39:02 +1000, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06, Miles Bader wrote: >> You mean the iraq war? What's the point? How is avoiding the >> U.S. going to help anything, regardless of how strongly you feel >> about the U.S. governments acts or positions? > When tourism goes down the hotel, entertainment, and airline > industries suffer. If enough people boycott the US because of this > then it'll keep the American economy down. I see. You all are personally taking action to make it harder for my friends and relatives to find a job, or get decent health care (my ex-boss has been looking for employment for 27 months now, and my step daughter does not have a job with benefits), and you expect me to have sympathy for your views? You are taking personal actions inimical to the standard of living of me and my loved ones in retaliation for actions by my government (which I have little control over), and you expect me to roll over and congratulate you all on your stance? Hell, my first instinct is to try and see how I can retaliate. Let me clue all of you in: anyone who takes a stand and tries to hurt the US economy, I see as a taking action inimical to me, and my loved ones, and I do *NOT* see that as friendly action. manoj -- A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Ben Franklin Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C