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Originally posted by MagiK:
Your first point..yes I make it publicly known which country I live in its in my profile and at the bottom of my posts, so when I bash another country people know if I live there or not. I commented that Not everyone and ONE person in particular seem to prefer not to let that be known. It was a comment nothing more, no antipathy at all. Sorry to hear your country of Australia is doing so poorly. Mayhap that isnt the fault of the USA though. Actually Im pretty certain its the fault of the Australian government. Every country should be charged with taking care of its own business, sorry that big countries are better suited in some areas than smaller but thats life. As for Bush and his policy..he is following the advice of his cabinet, which by the way is made up of a people from both sides of our government..I read once that due to the closeness of the election Bush actually went out of his way to try and balance the cabinet.
Lastly Id like to say, that my posts are not written to be "caustic" I just TRY to make my point directly without too much extraneous BS but I fail miserably and I know it [img]smile.gif[/img] at least I try [img]smile.gif[/img] Im not a writer by nature and do much better in a live verbal debate than I do in type. So don't take it personally its just the way I am...I TRY not to take stuff from here personally.
Hi MagiK - yes, I am aware that your location is displayed in your profile - I was maKing the point that it didn't need to be, because all and sundry can see where you're coming from via your replies.
You again missed the point- Australia's steel manufactureres aren't doing poorly - they are extremely competitive in an open playing field. In case you hadn't noted - that playing field has been changed. Yes, our government could play tit for tat on subsidies. Thing is we also have a belief on free trade, and we try not to be so hypocritical about it. It is not just something we espouse at election time or when visiting that country or area.
I understand your defense of his actions, but thinK you are being just a tad blinKered on the hypocrisy issue. So man goes on to prove blacK is white and gets Killed at the next zebra crossing. I wasn't trying to get personal when I addressed my first post at you, but it was a way of noting the obvious - anyone with a contrary opinin on the thread had already recieved a MagiKal reply. I knew mine was coming
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And what do you mean by slandering me when you were really replying to Donut
- are you implying that we are the same person? Hey Donut - we have a Konspiracy theorist here
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