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Cellucci Speech

Contributor: Fleabag

Date: 2003-03-30 23:05:38


Being right on the money is a appropos statement indeed. I think most of the world, including those in Canada, have a much greater fear than Saddam Hussein on their minds. He has become a minute factor in the press and in public opinion. I never really feared Saddam, all these years. Foolish of me. I always worried about selfish things like urban sprawl, water contamination, air pollution and the inexorable march of human development which will inevitably render the earth uninhabitable for the sake of greed.
The removal of Saddam may help the people of Iraq in a small way, but they will be no better off if the US starts pumping the oil money back to Texas. The people of the US will be way better off. Isn't that what the US is saying in this 'war of American interests'?

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Cellucci Speech

Contributor: Barretm82

Date: 2003-03-30 23:22:09


..."water contamination, air pollution and the inexorable march of human development which will inevitably render the earth uninhabitable for the sake of greed."...


Well said...
What are you doing about it?

(I don't mean that in a harsh tone, I just wonder how much is your involvement)

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Cellucci Speech

Contributor: Fleabag

Date: 2003-03-31 18:40:52


No offence taken. While one might easily think that I parrot 'tree-hugging, granola-crunching' diatribe, I also try to live the way I believe. I do not, when I have a choice, buy products that fuel the system of corporate greed. That means I do not watch television (except recently the news channels), do not go to movies or rent movies, or buy products represented by celebrities.
Recently, a baseball player in the US turned down a contract offer for $140 million dollars. It is this ridiculously misrepresentative value system that I do not agree with. Doctors in Canada are becomming a rare commodity because they are less and less in the field for humanity, they are in it for the money. They should go to hollywood and pretend to be doctors, they could easily become millionaires.
My contribution to the direction of society is directly related to whom I shall reward with the expenditure of my dollar. If I eat at a restaurant, it is a local enterprise, not a fast food chain. If I shop for clothes, I try to find that which is not made under conditions of slavery, like JC Penny recently.
I am happy to be in a socialist country such as Canada, where society is valued above the individual. "What serves all thereby serves the one, equally". I pay my taxes, albeit reluctantly, for they serve me as much as my neighbor. However, my only complaint would be: the waste our gov't is guilty of is appalling.

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