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To: nihil who wrote (75381)	3/1/2000 11:48:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

Nothing wrong with getting rich, but we tend to forget that one of the things that makes our economy work is the "rule of law," e.g., "a deal is a deal." If the government can nationalize a business every time one gets going good, what's the point in investing in them? Having everyone connected to the net is a good thing, having them use technology that was stolen from the people who invented it isn't such a good thing, IMO.

To: nihil who wrote (75381)	3/1/2000 11:59:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

I don't demonize individual Chinese who live in this country, any more than I think that individual Yugoslavians who live in this country want to torture Serbs, or individual Iranians who live in this country want to stone adulterers or cut off the hands of thieves. They came to this country, or their families did, to get away from the repressive regimes. The fact that they are not like the people who make up the repressive regimes shouldn't be distorted into a belief that the regimes are not repressive. The 14-year-old kid who is the next Dalai Lama didn't leave for no reason, and you can't say that the government in Tibet isn't repressive just because he's a fine humanitarian. They came here because this is a better place. If their countries were more like ours, then those countries would be better places. Treating those countries "as if" they are like ours is childish, magical thinking, and won't accomplish the goal of making those other countries democratic, humanitarian, and adherant to the rule of law. Ask the Chechens how much better off they are under the new, improved Soviet Union.