h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I learn something new everyday.

Good point zoomer If he meant what you're saying, that's one thing...taken as it stands though, it crosses the line.

Jon, Dave- I always learn something new everyday here. That's why I hang around. That and your august company, of course.

The Right here are always moaning about our public health service, because they want it all privatized. Perish the thought! Australia has a (largely) private system, and what I've heard of the American one makes me *so* glad my father didn't settle there as he thought of doing...
zoomer, what do you think - *are* Canadians simply Americans with a slightly different way of doing things? The Canadians I have met are mostly *very* different, but that could just be the ones that travel...

your welcome zoomer glad you you were able to appreciate it equally i might add that brazilans e.g.are americans as well who like to cut down trees

and Columbians are Americans who like to grow poppies

peruvians grow the good stuff

thats good, can we bash anyone from the Americas now then

why not how can you tell an american plane fr from any other?...hair under the wings

I thought those were the French planes!

Dave...

Twenty years ago the U.S. standard of living was better than anywhere else. With unemployment rates up, the costs of health insurance rising, and jobs threatened by overseas production, I don't think that's true any longer.

I think (maybe I'm wrong) that Crispy was trying to say that different is better - diversity is better. If everywhere was like America, what would be the point of going on vacation?

I noticed Chomsky has backed Kerry sort of,
damning with faint praise he agreed with those who call Kerry "Bush-Lite" but said in the present situation even small differences are important

i would like to know what canadianians think of united staters raiding canadian pharmacies cs creating a shortage of pharmaceuticals

I would think that the Canadian pharmacies would be thrilled to get such good business from America - although the govt is trying to crack down on outside pharmaceutical sales.

Always a negative spin eh crazyhorse?

I thought poppies were mainly cultivated in Asia; it is Cocaine that is the large drug export of south america no?

In response to the topic of the Canadian Pharmaceuticals... The drug companies are quite pleased with themselves, most likely, but the givernment is worried about shortages occuring in our own country should the mass amount of sales continue. At least that's what I heard.

And Canadians are quite different than Americans... Or perhaps we're the only ones that notice it.

We're very... polite. I think.

Eh.

that's right ht mostlytlytly marijauna gr grown in colombia aff affghanianistan is the largest poppy growers since the us invasion the taliban had put a stop to it

That's ok... We have a 'War on Drugs' as well as a 'War on Terrorism'... this will keep our thousands of DEA agents gainfully employed well into this millenium.

I was going to point that out too Ferret-brother, not that I know much about that sort of thing

I know this'll sound controversial, call me a stinking left wing pacifist if you will, but how about a war on war, you know trying to stamp out the evils of war. The US could ruthlessly attack any nations which go around starting wars, you know places like, umm, well the US.