Re: Debian conference in the US?
On Sun, 25 May 2003, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06, Miles Bader wrote:
> >> >> You mean the iraq war? What's the point? How is avoiding the
> >> >> U.S. going to help anything, regardless of how strongly you feel
> >> >> about the U.S. governments acts or positions?
> >>
> >> > When tourism goes down the hotel, entertainment, and airline
> >> > industries suffer. If enough people boycott the US because of
> >> > this then it'll keep the American economy down.
> >>
> >> I see. You all are personally taking action to make it harder for
> >> my friends and relatives to find a job, or get decent health care
> >> (my ex-boss has been looking for employment for 27 months now, and
> >> my step daughter does not have a job with benefits), and you expect
> >> me to have sympathy for your views?
>
> > Do you have a better way of encougaging the U.S.A. to take an
> > alternate stance?
>
> Try by not blackmailing us.
Wish to elaborate on that one a little? I'm finding it hard to work out how
"not blackmailing" you is going to encourage the U.S.A. to rethink it's
policies.
> > Remember, the rest of the world does *not* owe you and yours a
> > living.
>
> Quite. But if they take delibrate action to hurt _any_
> country, or its economy, they shall have to live with the consequences.
Boycott us back. Considering the US government screws .au at every
opportunity, I doubt we'd even notice.
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