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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (41731)	12/26/2001 5:39:38 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

That's where you lose it. Your premise that imposing your views, any views, on another is always wrong, in the big picture, that view is obviously not going to be valid in all cases and comparatively speaking, even less so. In any event, I must run off to get dinner for the kids. Pizza night. Interesting discussion (and I didn't call you a pinhead). Later....

To: The Philosopher who wrote (41731)	12/26/2001 5:45:39 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"Bullying" implies some sort of force or intimidation. I understood this to be the thrust of your argument. The U.S. has been blamed for the woes of any number of countries with the bullying into certain actions being the blame. But the fact is, that most of those countries make a choice up front to do business with the U.S. and that involves the business equivalent of "terms and conditions". In the case of Cuba, we are simply saying "the terms and conditions are unacceptable". Refusing to do business with someone is not the same as using force. That is what I am taking issue with.