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Old Sep 6, 2005, 04:10 pm   #7 (permalink) (top)
Morgan_Freeman
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So we're going to solve all the world's ills by regarding people as cheap labor?
You can phrase it however you want. I would say "trade increases the wealth of all parties".

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It should not be our business to shape other countries in Africa or the Persian Gulf.
I agree.

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How did Nigeria help Africa by killing innocent Nigerian civilians with
the help of Chevron, a U.S.- based oil company?
Citing freak examples like this doesn't somehow undermine the benefits of trade. Murder is a way of life in that part of the world, and it will continue until Africa learns by example from the West.


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