| Pete Dashwood 2006-04-22, 3:55 am |
| "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote in message news:...
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> "Donald Tees" <donald_tees@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:9gf2g.8962$wK1.498400@news20.bellglobal.com...
> (This was not postable because the references were too long. I took
> Holly's advice and edited it with Notepad on the desktop)
> OK. Agree completely.
> Unfortunately, he is no Statesman. I agree with you that an opportunity
> was
> lost.
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> This thought lit me up. I hadn't thought about that before. It is so
> simple.
> Imagine if the indigenous population had received exactly the same rights
> that an American citizen did... It would demonstrate a better system.
> Sadly,
> it was never going to happen... especially not while people were running
> round blowing things up and killing soldiers every day. I guess the
> priority
> was simply containment and containment doesn't sit well with human
> rights...
>
> Pete.
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