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- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: What is United States of America like?
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:04:53 GMT
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- In article <bob1.725046465@cos> bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
- :Sorry Mark, I'm not blind to the faults of our government, nor am I blind
- :to areas where things can be improved. It's simply that I can't recall the
- :last time (or any time) when I stuck my nose and mouth into the internal
- :affairs of Finland, The United Kingdom, or the countries of any of the
- :other U.S.'s self appointed critics.
-
- Your nose personally, or your countries? The US has certainly interfered
- in the UK (and no doubt Finland) regularly over the years. Do you want
- a list?
-
- The reason that we damned furriners sometimes point out the shortcomings
- of your state (apart from a certain smug satisfaction in retaliation
- to the way we've had your constitution rammed down our throats for
- years as being so morally superior) is that at some remove from your
- daily affairs we perhaps see more clearly the woods where you see only
- trees.
-
- By the way, you're welcome to criticise the oppressive right-wing govt
- we have over here, who pull many of the stunts that your recent right-
- wing oppressive govt has been pulling for years. It'll be an interesting
- experiment indeed to see if your new administration can make some
- difference to these abuses of power (eg WOD) or if it's entrenched at
- such a low level in the hierarchy that no amount of good will from the
- top will change things...
- G
-