Just a comment on the norwegian fishers bit. I still havnt
understood why people complain about them. They fish no more
than their quota (unlike alot of other countries in Europe),
and the whaling is like 200 whales a yr or so. As i understand
it, the US has whalers in Alaska. When americans then start
complaining about the whaling in Norway, im astounded at the
hypocricy. Guess its much easier to complain about what everybody
else is doing, rather than fixing your own problems. Keeps the
huddled masses happy for a while at least...
Just the smell of herring makes me puke...ugh..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: deaconblue3_at_... [mailto:deaconblue3@...]
> Sent: 21. april 2001 22:54
> To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Flaming for no legitimate reason, and in a
> "kind er, gentler" way...
>
>
> -->Ayup, I asked for it...8)
>
> Like I said, you asked for it: I wonder what one nation seems to
> constantly
> complaining "help, I actually have to pay my debts to the UN", "help,
> people
> want to slow down the complete annihilation of world's
> ecosystem and it
> hurts my income", "help, the rest of the world won't accept
> the fact that
> there really are only two ways of doing things: our way and the wrong
> way",
> "help, people don't want to eat my beef just because it is
> pumped so full
> of
> hormones it probably pops like a balloon if someone stabs it" -just to
> name
> a few. All that and a crapload of hypocrisy as a bonus. And THAT is
> supposed
> to be taken seriously? :P
>
> -->UN debt, wellll...it all depends, on how you look at it. The US is
> generally the support guys for UN operations, providing transport, and
> technical services for various UN operations around the globe. USAF
> transport aircraft airlift tons of personal and material to
> the sundry op
> sites, at no cost to the UN (the US tax payer foots the bill, yer
> welcome). And there is a lot of uneasiness in the US about
> the role and
> nature of the UN, so the government responds to the will of
> the people.
> We're just paranoid, and we like it. Annihilation of the
> world ecosystem
> is not specific to the US ya know. Norwegian fishers do
> their bit, as do
> British and European oil companies, not to mention all those
> coal mines
> across the continent (along with those steel mills). And of
> course there
> are more than two ways of doing things, your way, my way (cue Frank
> Sinatra), the right way, the wrong way, the American way, the Russian
> way, the Chinese way, the European way, and a few others. Of course
> every right thinking individual knows that the right way and
> the American
> way are one and the same. *P Now for that beefy comment. "Well at
> least our beef won't kill you six weeks after eating it." No
> Mad Cow, no
> hoof and mouth, no fatty cuts of mystery meat passed off as a
> steak. And
> even better, we know how to cook them. Only Aussies can get it right
> outside of the States. And, on a related note, Herring are bait, not
> snacks. And hey, we like hypocrisy. It's fun, it's nutritional, it's
> educational. Get yers today!
>
> Minister for General Mayhem
> "Don't let the bastards grind you down." Gen. Joseph Stilwell
> Gott weiss ich will kein Engel sein -Rammstein
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