Hard Media <zaid@hardnet.co.uk> wrote:
Citibank is a major player in the third world debt crisis. [Thomas Bass interviewing Citibank's Walter Wriston] goes on to ask if "Walter" has made any "bad loans" ie to dictators and other nasty sorts ...jeez sorry but there's naivity and there's stupidity
"Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> wrote:
Money was lent for economic development projects...some worked, some didn't. Lenders of money don't "cause" deaths. People are responsible for their own actions, mostly. If their governments are corrupt, they need to replace those governments.
In Re: Stopping the buying of candidates "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> wrote
Our political system is already in thrall to various special interests; [...] So be it. Let the highest bidder buy the government he can.
In RE: wired wankers Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net> wrote:
These are very serious folks [Wriston et al.]. [...] Don't get in their way unless you have an angel on your side. An angel with a bag of cash, actually.
In Re: Timmy May is a jerk "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> wrote:
I guess I'm not much of a joiner. I never donated to the United Way
"Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> wrote:
If this sounds harsh, so be it. Cypherpunks is not about redistributing wealth.
Ahh, but you don't really believe this. Your vision of cypherpunks is all about redistributing wealth. Just not in the sense you speak of. There is naivete and then there is complicity. James "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> wrote:
People are responsible for their own actions, mostly.