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climate change madness.

To: Dave Torr <>
Subject: climate change madness.
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:44:30 +1000
Exactly, not to mention "donations" to political parties.
Carl Clifford

On 29/03/2007, at 6:34 PM, Dave Torr wrote:

I beg to differ - Western philosophy accepts it so long as it is well
disguised - others are more open! How many "pork barrel" schemes are rolled out every year in Aus and the US (and probably other places) each year - not
bribery or corruption but just targetted spending of Govt funds....

On 29/03/07, michael hunter <> wrote:

The difference is that Western philosophy regards corruption as bad, most
others accept it as a way of life.

Of course it can be used to advantage if you could, say, save a
bird-filled
forests from clear-felling by bribing Governments, and presumably that is
what the $200,000,000 will be used for.

                                           Cynically Yours

Michael


Michael Hunter
Mulgoa Valley
50km west of Sydney Harbour Bridge

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