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Subject: Re: Thank you for making my point

Author:
Michael Watkins

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Date Posted: 11:20:22 03/11/03 Tue
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In reply to: Greg Moors 's message, "Thank you for making my point" on 09:43:17 03/11/03 Tue

Hmmn - in one breath Greg Moors is calling Jim Prentice's education policy proposal "socialist" (Daily Digest, March 10) yet in another breath Greg ties "social responsiblity" to nationalized programs for building cars and furniture.

Sounds more like a page from Mao or Lenin's book.

As for his question "What will we have to offer the global market when all the trees are cut down and all the gas and oil are out of the ground?"

... Greg seems to forget that Canada is not just peopled with hewers and wood and drawers of water (and oil). Our smart, educated population are world leaders in many areas of business and technology.

Greg must dream of Star Trek replicators building these automobiles and furniture, otherwise his example is specious. Building automobiles demands both the energy and raw materials that he suggests we need to move away from.

Does he suggest that the only answer is to produce finished goods then, until all the raw materials are then exhausted? How is that better than the status quo?

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Re: Thank you for making / No nationalized cars, furniture	Margo	14:16:06 03/14/03 Fri