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To: teevee who wrote (12443)	12/2/2001 6:11:15 PM
From: axial	Respond to of 281500

Hi, teevee - I hear you, and what you're saying. I hope you're wrong, but you may be right. I am no appeaser. But I do have experience with the process of negotiation, and I know that overheated statements are usually prejudicial to arriving at solutions (or understanding). Adopting a reasonable tone in discussion on an internet chat board can hardly be called appeasement. I am not yet ready to start geurrilla warfare, though many are, apparently. >gg< WRT your understanding of American conduct, I will say only this: it would be a mistake for the United States to misunderstand reason as appeasement. It would be unwise, too. As Dylan said "When you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose." It remains to be seen whether US SIGs can cause Americans to abrogate an agreement that was negotiated in good faith, and ratified in both countries. It remains to be seen whether the United States, as a matter of policy decides it will no longer support NAFTA If the view of the pessimists turns out to be correct, Canada will be bankrupted, left with nothing, and forever polarized against the United States. That is a choice whose consequences America should weigh. Whether that apocalyptic vision of our future will arrive is far from certain: I think we all should take a step back, and cool off. From an earlier post: "Only one thing is clear: Canada can take nothing for granted. If we cannot rely on a continuance of the former continental vision, neither can the United States." Regards, Jim