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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
See Cheeta, we can't even complain without having it shoved down our throats? You don't like our internal policies, you don't like our external policies, you don't like the things we say, and you don't like the things we do. Your whole posts complains about America, while the final statement says Blair is trying to lead you down the same road.
You are entitled to you opinions, but we are entitled to our feelings about those opinions.
Yes of course you're entitled to your feelings about my opinions! And I hope you will go on expressing them with courtesy, forcefully, clearly and in all the other ways you express yourself, Ron-B. I very much value both your opinions, and the way you state them.
Ron, I don't believe that privatised services are the way to go if our aims are a good quality of life for our citizens. The States is the richest country on earth, as I said. If there is dreadful poverty and poor services in terms of education and health, doesn't that mean there is something wrong somewhere?
The gap between the very rich and the very poor is widening all over the globe. Doesn't that mean that our current models are flawed?
Yes, Blair is attempting to lead us down the same road that the US has taken. He's just desperate to cement the 'special relationship', which before 11 Sept, was more wishful thinking than anything else, I believe. Both Blair and Thatcher seem to worship the US way of doing things.
If it's any consolation, I totally despise Tony Blair's domestic policies. Should I slag off something British every time I say something negative about America? Quite happy to do so, if that'll make you feel less picked on... [img]smile.gif[/img]