Now come on, this is getting ridiculous. Nobody forced you to take
McDonalds, just like nobody forced us to take Fosters Beer or Australian
wines. Somehow I doubt Australian, or any other counties foreign policy
could be called altruistic. To lay the blame for all the world's
problems and failures on the USA is foolish. Who finally intervened in
the Balkans to stop the massacres there? The EU? If it was up to them
it would still be going on. Who shouldered the greater burden of the
cold war that kept Europe free to complain? France? Germany?
Australia? Belgium? Would they really prefer being dominated by the
Soviet Union? Where was the outcry when the French tacitly aquiesed in
the massacres of Tutsis in Rawanda? I don't recall anybody complaining
about the massacres of innocents in Iraq, but they sure can complain
when someone tries to stop it. France seems more interested in all the
sweet deals it had with Saddam than in hundreds of thousands of lives.
Now there's a solid moral position for you. Perhaps you don't remember
all the American GIs that died in the Pacific helping Australia protect
itself from invasion? It seems there is nothing we can do that is
right. If we intervene we are aggressiors, if we refrain we are
cowardly. Funny thing, it's the same people complaining. So, if you
don't like McDonalds, don't eat there, but do send us a better beer.
The wines are OK
I was hoping this thread would die. It needs to die.
andrew fildes wrote:
A guy I know was complaining about how some things are in the United
States,
his buddy said "why don't you move to another country?" The first guy
answered "I would, but I'm worried about being subject to US foreign
policy"
good one!
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
My last point precisely. And you don't have to be an enemy to be a
victim - please repatriate Macdonalds, er Mcdonalds er - Macca's
before it bloody well poisons all our children too!
AndrewF
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