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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (131658)	5/5/2004 9:30:55 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It's fun to debate with you because the rose (whatever) colored glasses you wear let you peer into everyone else's brain. Except what you're really seeing is your own reflection. If buying habits changed because of President Bush's policies were an issue here, you can be sure Kerry would be whooping it up on his political ads. The relative value of the dollar is the real reason for any differential. I can't even buy a US disposable camera any more. The choice is between Fuji and Kodak-made-in-China. Air travel is probably down, but from my perspective it's a derivative of the hassle factor, which has gone WAY up since 9/11. I used to love to fly; now I avoid being qued up in lines where they look for weapons in the handbags of little old ladies. Americans take a back seat to nobody when it comes to humanitarian efforts, and the rule of law is supreme here. That's why the soldiers who abused Iraqi prisoners are being severely punished. The Guantanamo bunch are being held for good and proper reasons, which will become clear when all is said and done. They're being treated with ethnically correct food, prayer rugs, exercise time and so forth while they're waiting, so you can hardly call it tortuous. The problems we're having in Iraq are not for lack of power but for hesitance to use the power needed. Don't underestimate the US; it's been done a couple of times unsuccessfully as you well know. If the US had no military outside our borders, I think you'd see the militaries of every two bit country in the world lurking just outside our borders, waiting to pounce. It's laughable that you think Japan is more free than US. I doubt Japanese women who've had a taste of American freedom would agree with you. As for stem cell research, that's a sticky wicket. You do know where they get stem cells, don't you? The jury is still out on that one, and eventually we'll find a way to avoid harvesting them from embryos. I agree with you that an ethic of live and let live would free the world from its woes. Too bad it will never happen. Believe it or not, I would like to be your friend. Your posts are usually articulate and well thought out, even though usually wrong. I couldn't resist checking your profile. New Zealand is a beautiful country. My sister has been there and I've seen the pictures. It's also the site of manufacture of a machine to which I apply my face every night. I suffer from sleep apnea, and the machine that keeps me from snoring myself to death was made in NZ. I'm curious. Why do you sign your posts Mqurice?