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Well, that certainly got some feedback; yes there is a danger of ppl posting stuff they can’t back up
Just take a look at the Americans for Purity Site
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/2680
FUCKING FUNNY IT’S SO STUPID
But that is the thing, you must take the good with the bad, and decide for yourself what is good and bad, not let others make that choice for you, at least you should have the choice to decide whether they decide or you, not mandatory censorship at backbone level.
As for Globalization. I take a mixed view, I have a VERY big problem with our currant system of democracy, which is see as being fundamentally undermined by huge campaign bribes from corporations, making them able to literally buy government decisions and power. What happened to one man, one vote? Call me an idealist but that is what I believe in, and we should try to get as close to that as we can.
Creating a system that allows for this equality requires the limiting of size and maximizing competition in the business world, this is no slight task. The first step I believe is to put the bite back into the watchdogs, power back in governments were it is democratically elected, rather than business that only care about their bottom line.
After that? I have many ideas, I discuss/debate/argue this on a daily basis with a number of friends, I’ve been branded socialist, communist, Stalin-lover, and other titles; I gave up and stuck a sticker on all my books (godless commie scum). I don't believe I’m any of those, none of them work, something new, a blend is needed, it’s a matter of balance, of power, of money.
But I’m drifting....I have a problem with globalization, or more accurately, the way it is currently being done, it sucks, big-time, groups like the WTO are oligarchies, and dangerous ones, I was at the S11 protest, coz I believe that a group of such immense power, should be at least open to some public scrutiny.
Globalization is inventible, it’s a matter of how it’s done, and that I believe needs to change.
I realise my political views are HIGHLY idealistic, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere.