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Kit Wolf
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On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 08:25:35 +0000, W K wrote:
>
> "Antti Salonen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Mike S. <mikeshaw2@coxdotnet> wrote:
>>
>> > Ain't America great? We can drive gas-guzzling road hogs if we choose
> to
>> > pay the penalties, or drive compact cars if we don't. Sure beats a lot
> of
>> > other countries in the world that don't have a choice!
>>
>> Just out of interest, can you name those countries where such choice isn't available? I've been
>> to about thirty countries, and people drove everything from a Fiat 500 to Hummer in every single
>> one of them.
>
> Perhaps north Korea? But thats because they haven't got the money. Albania? You cannot buy them
> there but you can get them shipped from germany (where you don't buy them either).
>
> Its another interesting thing I've noticed since the start of this war. Apparantly America is also
> the only nation in the world where one is allowed to openly criticise the government.
Since the Dixie Chicks and Michael Moore, the intl. stereotype is quite the opposite.
Kw
>
> "Antti Salonen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Mike S. <mikeshaw2@coxdotnet> wrote:
>>
>> > Ain't America great? We can drive gas-guzzling road hogs if we choose
> to
>> > pay the penalties, or drive compact cars if we don't. Sure beats a lot
> of
>> > other countries in the world that don't have a choice!
>>
>> Just out of interest, can you name those countries where such choice isn't available? I've been
>> to about thirty countries, and people drove everything from a Fiat 500 to Hummer in every single
>> one of them.
>
> Perhaps north Korea? But thats because they haven't got the money. Albania? You cannot buy them
> there but you can get them shipped from germany (where you don't buy them either).
>
> Its another interesting thing I've noticed since the start of this war. Apparantly America is also
> the only nation in the world where one is allowed to openly criticise the government.
Since the Dixie Chicks and Michael Moore, the intl. stereotype is quite the opposite.
Kw