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To: craig crawford who wrote (132669)	10/8/2001 11:37:10 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164687

>>and many of us wonder why we are so hated and why we are attacked by terrorists?<< not me. >>not all of us!<< ther will always be dissenters in a democracy/republic. >>no one ever does see it until it's too late << they might not see it b/c it isn't there... >>ridiculous argument. the world doesn't recognize or respect the words of the taliban. much of the world recognizes the authority of the UN--and it's growing all the time.<< until they disagree with it. we just walked out on a UN conference for racism b/c we didn't like its direction. the un didn't force us to do jack. and this was really a minor thing - not like usurping our sovereignty. >>well for one thing they don't want to surrender our sovereignty for nothing. they do get things in return. unfortunately however, no price is worth our sovereignty--and our liberty.<< two things. first. imho, our sovereignty is taken away when we are forced to do things we don't want to do. if we want to do it (and you disagree) that doesn't make us less sovereign. i see nobody that can force us to do what we don't want to do. china? please. that would make gst happy, though (wasn he the guy touting china?). that is a stretch. second, you strongly implied that the US has signed over all merger approvals to europe by bringing up the ge/hon veto in terms of giving up national sovereignty. you wouldn't mislead us, would you? perhaps this had NOTHING to do with the "one world order" and EVERYTHING to do with the mechinations of the european stock and commercial markets. iow, you make a choice ge/hon. go ahead and merger. we can't stop you. but you will not trade on OUR stock markets and you will not business in OUR europe. you can do all the business you want in the USA, though. so, which is it? if it is the latter, you did a great job of twisting regulated free markets into the one world order. check out this thread of someone arguing ge/hon threatened US sovereignty... groups.google.com the last post seems to sum things up in a reasonable and rational way. perhaps that is why the opposing viewpoint decided not to answer it. i did notice a lot of similiarities in speech for the folks claiming sovereignty is being taken away. did ya'll go to the same grade school? ;-) sorry, craig, this one doesn't float. ge/hon are free to merge. they just can't run over europe's sovereignty by forcing europe against its will to sell ge/hon products. for someone so concerned about amercian sovereignty, you sure are willing to trample on europe's sovereignty.