Ok, this one is dead too...
...putting a stop to threads appears to be my new job. 

Contact me OFF LIST if you what to talk about it.

No more posting on this thread.

First warning.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Vitaliy
> Sent: 2005 Oct 28, Fri 22:33
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Free trade (was Re: [OT] So to whom do we 
> now formoral guidance?)
> 
> >>> And Free Trade != Trade, "free trade" does not invent 
> trade, trade 
> >>> exists long before that and before market economy.
> >> Not true, free trade is the original kind of trade. What kind of 
> >> trade barriers existed in primitive societies?
> >
> > Too many: slavery, landlord exploitation, tribal 
> restriction, tribal 
> > bias, gate-fee, gate-control, control of transportation vehicles, 
> > corruptions, permits (they have permits), family-biased 
> activities, etc.
> 
> Guys, I give up.
> 
> I mean, what was I thinking? Of course cavemen *hated* trade, 
> and they imposed all sorts of prehistoric tariffs! The gate 
> and transportation vehicles were invented by rich cavemen to 
> facilitate slavery and corruption. 
> It was their descendants who later also developed gun and cannon.
> 
> Free trade is a conspiracy by the United States, a big lie 
> created with the express purpose of exploiting poor 
> developing countries and screwing New Zealand. It must be 
> true, because the majority of the people, and even the canny 
> Swiss (!) are against free trade.
> 
> The five (some argue four -- China doesn't count) Asian 
> tigers are bluffing, as are a dozen of other countries! Their 
> strong, stable and growing economies are a fake! Rumor has 
> it, the US is secretly paying the tigers to pretend that they 
> have high living standards, so that free trade evangelists 
> (who have been blinded by the idea that free trade is great) 
> can use them to deceive unsuspecting developing nations. I 
> mean, why else would Japanese houses be made of paper?! 
> They're stage props!
> 
> Sometimes a little bit of free trade is okay (sort of like 
> icing on the cake), but too much free trade is a BAD THING 
> (because it is a bad thing when you have too much free 
> trade). I mean, it's OK to allow some free trade because it 
> can be good sometimes, but not too much. There might be 
> detrimental effects.
> 
> Free trade is definitely not the solution to world's 
> corruption, inequality, and poverty. I don't know what is, 
> but free trade is *definitely* not it. 
> Trade restrictions are not better than free trade in this 
> regard. But that can sometimes be the case.
> 
> Free trade was a religion to me, unprovable and requiring no 
> proof. But your irrefutable logic finally convinced me of its 
> falsehood. I see the light now.
> 
> Repent, o ye believers in the virtues of free trade! A day of 
> reckoning is coming!
> 
> - Vitaliy
> 
> PS You guys have a nice weekend. :-) 
> 
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