profit and loss

[jbor]

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>From: "Judy" <blarney at total.net>
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> Please note that there was absolutely no attack intended on the U.S. by this
> Canadian. Sorry you took it that way.

I'm hard pressed to find anything in Charles' polite and extensive response
to your post which even remotely suggests this. In fact, his conclusion,
applauding regulatory practices which are in place in both the US and
Canada, seems to me to indicate something near to the reverse.

> At issue for me is the desire to limit
> what power things like NAFTA and FTAA grant corporations. That's all.

Which is precisely what was addressed in the reply.

> Also, please be aware that a belittling and sarcastic tone kills discussion.

Actually, it's an unwillingness (or inability) to discuss which'll do it.

best

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                Unless we convince developing
    countries that globalisation really does benefit them,
      the backlash against it will become irresistible.
      That would be a tragedy for the developing world,
            and indeed for the world as a whole.
                                Kofi Annan, Seattle

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