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   From: eugene@home.com.invalid   
      
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   eugene wrote:   
   > "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!   
      
   The people in the poorer countries and regions are cheep labour ripe   
   for exploitation. It is easy to label any poor and marginalised group   
   in society as inferior as an excuse for treating them with less   
   respect. To put it in perspective though we have come a long way in   
   terms of living conditions and workers rights even within the last   
   century and every Western European is rich in comparison to most of the   
   world!   
   This does not help you buy a house though I know!   
      
   It is a great day today though, and I wish I was walking around the   
   Antrim countryside again!  The world is a nice place, its people that   
   screw it up!   
   Oh well, I'm going out to make the most of it now.   
      
   You are right Claire. It's a beautiful planet and people are destroying it,   
   from within and without! Everything seems to be about oil these days. And   
   the planet is being sucked dry of it's blood which is then being used to   
   destroy the planet's air! I wish .................. ah, what's the point in   
   wishing dreams?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)