Mervyn is one of those who believes that the brutal status quo in Afghanistan and Iraq was better than the spread of democracy in those two countries. His quote, "In fact, had your political leaders practiced humanitarian ethics instead of religion in the last few years, this world would have been a much better place to live in." suggests that it was "humanitarian ethics" for Canada to oppose the liberation of 50 million people in Afghanistan and Iraq from brutal dictatorships, and that the liberation was based on "religion". I thought it was Muslims who were being liberated from the tender mercies of Muslim dictators, so I wonder whose religion was in play here.
Or was it oil, which Mervyn says Canada has more than it needs, which "we" are desperate for, but keep leaving behind in the middle-east and coming home everytime we have it in our greedy hands, as in 1991. If push come to shove maybe we can just take all that Canadian oil. All it would take would be the police force of a decent sized city to do that. Sure, had Mervyn's concept of "humanitarian ethics" prevailed, the world would certainly have been a better place, for the Taliban in Afghanistan and for Saddam Hussain and the Sunni Baathists in Iraq, currently targeting innocent Shias in an attempt to turn back the clock to the blisssful times when the world "was a better place to live in" for them and for Mervyn. In the meantime, the ruling Liberal Party in Canada, the paragons of "humnanitarian ethics", is currently being roiled by financial scandal. Maybe some attention to religion may have avoided all that. --- Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Helga do Rosario Gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mervyn3.0 > > Can you accuse only the US of this? I am not > seeing > > any ethics in the politics of any country lately! > > > Canada has just increased it's aid. The percentage > increase in aid is higher than the percentage > increase > in military spending. But then again, we have no > enemies. None. Zero. Zip. So we can afford to do so > (or in other words, we have more oil than we need.) > > > > How many women contribute to this forum anyway? > > I can think of three only. Maybe the rest need their > husbands permission to post anything :-( > > Mervyn3.0 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > >
