Yea Doug, a typical American reply. It ain't us, it is all you
foreigners.
I am no apologist for Canadian domestic and foreign policy, indeed
I have a reputation for the opposite as you might surmise, but I
would remind Doug that all these legislative measures were taken
as a result of threats of retaliation by the US if we did not support
the US position. As far as I know NOT ONE came as a Canadian
initiative. And ever Canadian initiative in this area -- such as the
land mines intitiative -- while endorsed by most of the rest of the
world has been turned down by the US. Kyoto, etc. the US record
is simply disgusting.
Paul Phillips
Date sent: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 13:53:12 -0500
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From: Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [PEN-L:9457] Re: Re: Re: ergonomics, etc.
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Second, I would ask Doug why we shouldn't hope that the
> >American working class doesn't get hammered into poverty,
> >disease and death since they have been supporting governments
> >and policies that have been prescribing such medicine for the rest
> >of the world.
>
> The more I think about this the more offensive it seems. The American
> ruling class, yes. It deserves that and worse. The American working
> class? What's the political theory behind that desire, aside from
> cheap Schadenfreude? The U.S. working class controls the U.S. state?
> Since when?
>
> And why should Canadians - working class and professors of economics
> - be exempt from this revenge? Last I checked, Canada was a NATO
> member and a G-7 country, and Canadian incomes were only slightly
> below those of the U.S., still many times the global average. Or do
> Canadians get an exemption because some of them strike righteous
> postures, while nonetheless enjoying the advantages of being on the
> right side of Empire?
>
> Doug
>
