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To: elmatador who wrote (72821)	4/6/2011 4:28:03 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217840

Whales are public property: <I'm more for the reaction of the Japanese whalers: > There are international agreements on killing whales, but essentially, Japanese are helping themselves to a public asset. If international agreements were more than just a bunch of thieves helping themselves to what they want, they would be reasonable. It's still close to law of the jungle out there, but with some rules as the Ivory Coast ex-boss is suddenly finding out and Libya is experiencing. I know you are of the "Shoot them in the back to rob them" mentality. That's why Brazil won't ever amount to much. It can get up the ranks somewhat because so many other countries are even worse. But it can't reach the pinnacle of civilisation and lead the way. Certainly not by brewing ethanol and finding oil under the ocean. NZ's robbery system is much more advanced = we have democracy, so I produce value, they force me to give them money, and they dole it out to their friends and supporters. Oil in NZ is public property, other than that which Maoris claim to own because they consider themselves a superior race and are establishing apartheid, just as in South Africa. It's ironic that NZ is developing apartheid but was in the forefront of opposing it in South Africa. Unlike in China and most other places, people in NZ can be quite active in opposing things they dislike, without fear of being disappeared like China's famous artist. People in China are wanting to escape to NZ. NZers are not wanting to escape to China though some do go to live there, more out of interest and curiosity than fear of being in NZ though with the crime rate and bludging we now have, some are leaving because of it, which could be reasonably called fleeing, rather than escaping. Mqurice