From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 15:06:01 MST
>Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:39:04 -0800
>From: spike66 <spike66@attbi.com>
>Subject: Re: My Blind Spot
>J Corbally wrote:
> > ...Back in the 80's, just after a major atrocity by the
> > IRA, British stores removed from their shelves all Irish products they
> > could get their hands on... Not harmless. James...
>Acknowledged, J, however the store manager might have
>been responding to a customer boycott of Irish goods,
>in which case it would be not so much politically motived
>but profit motivated, which is good business and also
>her duty to stockholders. All war and terrorist acts
>are tragic and wasteful.
It was store driven, then endorsed by the tabloid media and hence the
people. It cost them in profits to make this statement, and it cost the
Irish living in Britain just as much in other ways.
> > "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home
> > and crawl under your bed..." Q
>Im a big fan of Q. Does this comment still apply
>if I have a big nose to start with?
>See, notice ---> {8^]
>spike
I've a prominent conk myself, so I think we're all covered by that :^}
Happy Paddy's Day :)
James...
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
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