| From: | Walter Scheper Ratlaw@*******.com |
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| Subject: | Bad Days or Good Days? (WAS: Re: OT: We live in a world of SIN!! |
| Date: | Wed, 08 Sep 1999 22:21:56 +0000 (GMT) |
>Cybertroll wrote
>>>
>>> The news also tends to make things seem worse than they are. I hear some
>>> people say that things are worse than ever. Compared to some of the darker
>>> areas of our history things are pretty good these days.
>>
>> Well ok maybe we don't have great wars or slavery or similar Dark Ages
>> things but we don't leave exactly in a pretty good world. The economical
>> wars between nations sometimes are worse than normal wars. They are just
>> invisible and we don't always see them.
>
>Could you explain that? Give one or two examples?
>I know there IS something rotten somewhere, but I couldn't spot it.
>And (to stay on topic) would the megacorps do similiar things?
>
>Gorbi
Well on a certain level the effects of the UN embargo of Iraq, though
no where near perfect, has caused some serious problems for the Iraqi
citizens. However, some of the blame for that lands on Saddam, since
he's reputedly not using the funds from his oil sells to actually buy
medical supplies and food for his people. I'm not sure if thats what
Cybertroll meant, but it is "economic war" of sorts.
Ratlaw
