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To: RealMuLan who wrote (173997)	4/5/2003 9:15:24 PM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

McCarthysim, Tamany Hall, Mafia operations are just a few of the Americana that many foreign dictators have used as examples of their corruptions. It is in fact stated as such by the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. It is always self-righteousness that comes to the forefront, making them all smelling like roses if they have the "Made in America" labels. But they sure stink and extremely bad if done by others. At the present, there is definite without any doubt whatsoever there is a purge of the moslems in the US. Many have been jailed without any recourse. Many of the illegals have scrambled to move to Canada. Many have been here for 10 to 15 years, as illegal citizens. Many have been rounded up and deported. What about the illegals from Mexico, South America, Europe, etc? Nothing much, as long as they are not muslims. Actually I don't have much sympathy for the moslems as a whole, and I could not care less what treatment they get. However individually, I pity a few of them who had been good citizens living as illegals for so many years and now circumstances dictate they get jailed and deported. Definite double, triple and quadruple standards taking place here. Of course, no big deal because they are American standards that all the rest of the world are supposed to follow. Which of the standards is (are) the examples for the rest of the world to follow?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (173997)	4/5/2003 9:58:33 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Yiwu, How many young kids did the communist slaughter at Tiennamen Square? You must be special to be allowed to use China's 256k censured connection to the world wide web. Steve

To: RealMuLan who wrote (173997)	4/7/2003 4:29:03 PM
From: brushwud	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

This thing is somewhat over-blown with the help from media. Isn't every year, there would have a couple of, maybe a dozen of, dead of flu too? Within the past few days, I heard on TV (probably CNN) that there are 40,000 deaths from influenza in the U. S. each year, although the death rate from SARS is currently 3%. So I'm somewhat inclined to agree with you. Don't just take my word for it; here are a couple of links: cdc.gov "Epidemics of influenza typically occur during the winter months and are responsible for an average of approximately 20,000 deaths/year in the United States." jsonline.com "An average of 36,000 Americans died from flu or its complications each year throughout the 1990s, vs. 20,000 per year during the previous two decades, a number on which flu estimates have long been based. As many as 50,000 died in bad flu seasons."