Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:12:56 -0700 From: "John P. Mullen" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.scottish,fj.life.in-japan,soc.culture.irish,soc.culture.korean Subject: Re: Promote Peace: Boycott USA goods References: <52d3f97e.0411212013.7111438b@posting.google.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: ras01-216-31-88-5.lru-dial.zianet.com Message-ID: <41a2c6d1$1@nntp.zianet.com> X-Trace: nntp.zianet.com 1101186769 216.31.88.5 (22 Nov 2004 22:12:49 -0600) Lines: 36 Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.vt.edu!news.gmu.edu!news-pen-1.sprintlink.net!nntp.zianet.com!not-for-mail Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:22312 Rykk wrote: > know buddee wrote: > >> The Role of Boycotts in the Fight for Peace > > > Not very smart. The US is such an huge influence in the world economy > that an economic collapse here will result in an economic collapse > everywhere else. People who talk about "world peace" should remember > that the US is very much a part of the world too. Also, many nations > have thier currency pegged to the US dollar. So anything that would > reduce the value of US currency also reduces the value of these other > countries currencies. > > It is a bad deal all around. Pissing in the toilet, then drinking it. > > Rykk > > > Well, there is no necessity for the other currencies to take a dive. After all, those countries are not in hock up to their eyeballs. Much as others would not like this to happen, da Bush's fiscal irresponsibility will have consequences which everyone will have to try and cope with. Putting it another way, nobody wants the ship to sink, but you can only pump out so much water and if some idiot keeps drilling holes in the hull, that ship will eventually sink. :-/ John Mullen