Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:23:30 +0100
From: Charlie Stross wrote
<<I can't talk about the other parts with any authority, but as I live
in Scotland here's my take on the situation. Remember to correct for
whatever you perceive as being my ideological bias! Especially bear
in mind that I'm not Scottish -- I'm an incomer, from Yorkshire (with
ancestors who got out of Poland one jump ahead of a pogrom).>>
Thank you very much Charlie. You tossed off more than enough
politics for me to google my way to a more profound level of
confusion on the SNP.
Would anyone else care to dispel my ignorance visavis Quebec
and WestCanada?
What has it to do with extropy? Well my dinner conversation
revolved more around the form southern conservatism's political
pull on the country might take in the next 15 years. If you think
stem cell cuts and cloning bans are aweful (as I do) just imagine
what sort of political pressure a Bible Belt would put on Washington
if they saw Bush's immigration policy as the last straw to break
with Republicans. Especially in a more "dynamic" geopolitical
North America. Ah well...time to go to class.
regards,
Brian
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