Harry, I'm not able to talk but this didn't make sense to me. What does world trade and the efficiency of technology have to do with "free trade?" There is a shill going on here that equates a certain type of economics and its relationship to private ownership with Democracy, efficiency and the good times. The issue with Mad Cow in England was the lack of government responsibility in taking care of both farmers, from the "free market" disaster of mixing sheep brains with cow feed and protecting the public from technology gone awry. The operant word here is responsible. In the case of the free marketeers irresponsibility with words let me point out what they call "tort reform" which means they don't have to pay for suits if their products kill someone.
So, in short, I don't think either of your comments helps the issue of my family getting the wasting disease that killed Balanchine (he got it in a unregulated hospital from a contaminated scalpel). The clue here is responsibility not whether we will have trade or not. Every system has had trade. Trade and efficient trade is found everywhere. "Free" trade is a political system based in capitalism and has its share of horrors just the same as all other systems. As for the issue here. I haven't seen a decent discussion on it yet. How about discussing an alternative forestry method that develops differently from the agricultural model that dulls the brains of Europeans when confronting the wild. They simply can't imagine a wild animal that is not either Bambi or Godzilla. Forestry methods are "work" too, why not discuss the future of that work. Or are we still stuck in the "factory" model of the late 19th century that created the assembly line that others on this list love so well. Got to go, Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:17 AM Subject: Re: "Mad Deer" > Chris, > > I realize now how right you are. I shall follow your recommendation and > retire into my canyon called Mahogany Trail. Perhaps I can get the > neighbors to put up barricades at the mouth of the canyon to stop Mad Deer > disease. > > As deer are everywhere, eating our roses, clipping the grass on the lawns, > jumping fences, it obviously isn't going to be easy. We'll have to give > them orientation classes if we find out how to catch them. > > The 5,000 or so lions spread across the surrounding mountains don't do much > of a job cutting the deer population, but another thought intrudes. If a > mountain lion catches Mad Deer and attacks when I'm walking up on the > trails, I'll have a real worry. Sure he may have gotten away with my arm, > but I might have contracted the disease. I had better stop my walking and > retire behind the barricades - if I can get the neighbors to help me erect > them. > > You see they don't appreciate reality as you do. > > They want their Cheddar from Oregon - and their Stilton from England. Not > realizing the harm they are doing, they insist on their Mexican tomatoes, > their Florida Orange Juice - not to mention their Ontario Maple Syrup and > their Idaho potatoes. > > Not realizing the importance of supporting government heavily subsidized > rice growing in the heat of California's semiarid Central Valley (less than > 50mm of rainfall a year) we all buy Basmati rice from India. I know you > would prefer us to buy locally from the Valley, but we somewhat free people > simply won't do what you know to be right. > > In passing, I should note that more water evaporates from the Central > Valley rice-fields than is used by the entire city of Los Angeles. But > that's the way government projects operate. > > Not that the subsidized rice is for us. It's sent overseas to compete with > countries who make their livings from exporting rice. That's known as > winning the hearts and minds of the Thais. > > Yes, this kind of thing, which of course you want as you don't want free > trade, may seem a tiny bit stupid, but anything is preferable to allowing > people freely to exchange with each other. > > Well, I'm off to the kitchen, walking across my carpet - made somewhere in > Asia - to make another pot of tea. We don't grow tea in the US, so we > simply have to import it - the more's the pity. > > So, I get it from Murchie's in Vancouver, British Columbia, no doubt > harvested from the extensive fields around Victoria. > > Oops! The neighbors have arrived. They have torn down my barricade at the > entrance to the canyon and want me locked up. They don't realize the > importance of protecting ourselves from other people. > > However, I know what to do. I'll pour some Drambuie (from Scotland) into > glasses from France and when they leave, I'll give them a piece of Swiss > chocolate. That will cool them down. > > Harry > _____________________________________________ > > Christoph wrote: > > > > The disease, he claims, is traveling faster and more effectively than > > > nature could ever accomplish. He suspects this is due to the interstate > > > transportation of game farm animals. > > > >Ain't Free Trade wonderful ? > >(as with BSE proper) > > > >Chris > > > ****************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of LA > Box 655 > Tujunga CA 91042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (818) 352-4141 > Fax: (818) 353-2242 > ******************************* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/2002 >
