I always find ironic how often silence is demanded in the name of political neutrality. Silence is not a neutral position, neither is the demand for others to be politically silent. This forum is a political forum and should be. Some of the best islands in the world are military bases- and many are not accessible to boaters for security reasons, and I think this is a case in point happening as we speak and as such it is relevant..
I would ask how a signature that says "support our troops" can be preceeded by a demand to "keep your opinions to yourself"? -Merrill (by the way, which troops should we support, the ones that want to go home, or the ones that want to stay?) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Gelinas Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:07 PM To: Charles and Pat Culotta; liveaboard Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] lv-ab: A PLOLITICAL Cause WOW! I'm not a political person either, but I've got to dissagree with you Charles. Jamie was bringing up the fact that the BRITISH government has ousted the inhabitants of the Chagos. Maybe thats OK because they are probably 'of color' ? or 'primitive' ? or few in number? ... so it really doesn't matter? Sort of like the French government doing nuclear tests in French Polynesia .... "The main argument favoring the selection was that only 5,000 inhabitants lived within a 1,000 kilometer (600 mile) radius of the planned ground zero in Moruroa and that it would therefore be suitable for atmospheric testing." I don't know how you'd feel if the (your) government decided to do nuclear tests 600 miles away (maybe out on the Keys?). I'll bet that the 5000 'natives' living in that radius were not happy about the tests, but they weren't an 'important' culture so the tests went ahead. You 'support your troups' and I commend you for it. But does that promote a certain bias, is it because the military base will be US controled that provoked your reaction? No one suggested the US is throwing the inhabitants off their island, it is being done by the British government. If you can assure me that you would not complain and notify the members of this forum if your local navy yard decided to appropriate your boat because they needed it for target practice, then by all means complain that there is no room on this forum for the situation of the Chagos. However, in the past years this forum has seen a lot of ranting against Florida in particular for their anchoring and live-aboard laws. I would consider that no less political than a people being evicted from their homes and land in Chagos. Peter ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lv-ab: A PLOLITICAL Cause Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:34:14 -0600 ----- Original Message ----- From: [] Jamie <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:14 AM Subject: lv-ab: An Important Cause Hi all, As liveaboards you may have come across the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean. But are you aware of the recent history behind the inhabitants being thrown off the islands to make way for a US military base? Liz and Jamie s/v Esper ----------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL FORUM. KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF CCC CHARLES C., JR. & PAT CULOTTA SUPPORT OUR TROOPS M/V CCRIDER PATTERSON, LA. http://geocities.com/charlesculotta ________________________________ Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. Get them today! <http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122>
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