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   From: tim@maths.tcd.ie   
      
   Stephen O'Connell wrote:   
      
   >>> EU Steps Up Pressure On Ireland To Hold Second Lisbon Treaty   
   >>> Referendum   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Just say no   
   >   
   > We did, and the Lisbon Treaty should be dead as it wasn't ratified by all   
   > member states like it was required to be.   
      
   The present financial crisis shows the folly of trying to go it alone.   
   Irish banks are not large enough to play on the global stage.   
   Somebody in Brazil or Brunei can upend them at any time.   
      
   Europe should have acted in concert.   
      
   --   
   Timothy Murphy   
   e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net   
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   s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland   
      
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