XPost: soc.culture.irish   
   From: eugene@home.com.invalid   
      
   "Hawker"  wrote in message   
   news:x56dnfnsg7sBABfZnZ2dnUVZ8qSdnZ2d@bt.com...   
   > I've been doing a bit of internet surfing and read that English people   
   > invented the term white niggers to describe the Irish who they thought of   
   > as being subjugated and inferior, is this true?   
   >   
   I used to work for Dupont and our wages were a lot lower than our white   
   American counterparts. We always regarded ourselves as Dupont's white   
   niggers! Now it's happening all over as companies use the unspoken threat of   
   moving abroad where costs are so vastly reduced. This keeps workforces in   
   line with no unions allowed and wages at a minimum. Of course, the   
   business's inevitably go to the far East anyway. Greed! The thing that is   
   destroying many people's lives today! Builders are the top of my hate list   
   in that regard. How can a young couple hope to repay a mortgage of say,   
   £150,000 for a house that would have cost them £40,000 ten years ago? And   
   what happens if their employer decides to make more money by moving to the   
   Far East or wherever? This world is in a sorry mess, with wars (motivated by   
   greed), with hunger (greed again), poverty (greed as well). The sooner Iran   
   or Korea decide to have a go with their nukes, the better! This planet is   
   being destroyed anyway so maybe it's time to wipe all the shit away and save   
   it! I worry a lot about future generations and what faces them. Time for a   
   new beginning I think!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)