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Canada Not OK

Contributor: jwitt

Date: 2003-02-25 20:19:30


Fleabag,

On the basis of your previous postings, I already had you pegged as an anomalous entity -that I knew for sure. Nothing personal there. So, where shall we focus our efforts? That I believe, is the crux of the issue.

I think the first order of business must be recognizing who and what we collectively really are. It is my strong conviction that the vast majority of Canadians truly don't understand the real implications of activities such as the Team Canada Trade Missions (by now you likely realize that this is one of my more serious peeves),and given the apparent lack of broad participation in this dialogue, I fear that the vast majority of Canadians don't even care to understand. A very frightening prospect.

We are all currently feeling a little overwhelmed with Iraq and the middle east in general,(and given its potential ramifications, so should we be). Certainly, we should continue discussing Iraq, especially given that the matter will really start to heat up in the coming weeks. However, we can't forget that our foreign policy needs to reach well beyond Iraq. Gotta run now, but I hope we can continue this over the next week.

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Canada Not OK

Contributor: Fleabag

Date: 2003-02-26 00:14:24


The Human Condition currently resides in the phase of 'I think therefore I am' when they should be thinking ' My existence is defined by the observations and evaluations of my co-existers (or be-ers). To some on this planet, I may be a delicious place to lay eggs. To others, I may be family, sharing genetic foibles.
It is, however, the driver, as it were, of our actions. It is our soul behind the wheel of our "Individual Mobile".

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