Text 883, 55 rader
Skriven 2004-10-14 17:50:12 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
    Kommentar till text 851 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: A neat idea...
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Hello Janis!

13 Oct 04 23:47, you wrote to me:

 >> If I lived in Clark County OH and I had some uppity Brit telling me
 >> who I

 JK> How do you know they will be "uppity" when they contact these people?
 JK> As a matter of fact I have a number of relatives in England  and not a
 JK> one of them is "uppity".  I also have relatives in Italy, and
 JK> Argentina.. none of them are "uppity" either.

Its an expression, however none of them have any business telling us how to
vote, thats why they have their own Democratic processes to fret over because
we have no business telling them who they should vote for either.

 >> Too bad if what goes on here affects them, what went on over in
 >> Europe had a hell of an affect on us over here and back in the day
 >> when the sun never set o the UK Empire, alot of shit that went on in
 >> London had an effect on others.

 JK> And did we ignore it? I think not, Ross. No, the US didn't ignore what
 JK> was going on, we couldn't.  I can understand why the Guardian printed
 JK> this article.

and I hope that when the pollution levels in the River Thames becomes a
nuisance that you will tell a Londoner who to vote for?

 >> All that aside, a US voter should vote on what concerns them, not
 >> what concern a non-resident.

 JK> Of course they should, and doubtless they will in the end. There is
 JK> nothing wrong though in having a greater understanding of the issues
 JK> before _us_.

You assume many do not..

But a non-citizens understanding of the issues that concern a citizen are
different.

 >> Pay yourself first!

 JK> That'll get you far in this world <g>

Another expression..


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