[Gllug] EU patents

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Monday 07 July 2003 22:38, Alistair Mann wrote:
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> Thus spaketh Jim Bailey on Monday 07 July 2003 8:27 pm:
> > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 05:02:02PM +0100, Alistair Mann wrote:
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> > > Thus spaketh Alain Williams on Tuesday 01 July 2003 12:03 pm:
> > > > Formi does make the valid point: the biggest international problem at
> > > > the moment is the uncontrolled US imperialism -- they act in their
> > > > own best interests. The worrying thing is that they appear to not be
> > > > able to understand that what is in their best interests is not always
> > > > in everyone's best interests.
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> > > In absolutely no aspect is this any different from what the British did
> > > from 1750 to 1950, and the world seems to have fared not at all badly.
> >
> > Explain that too the millions exterminated in the scramble for empire
> > during the said period, explain that to the starving worker slaughtered
> > at Peterloo under the direct orders of The Duke of Wellington. Explain
> > that to the people driven from their homes by the enclosures acts.  On
> > and on it goes.
>
> The onus for explanation is, I'm afraid, on you.
>
> What is your source that 'millions [were] exterminated' by the British?
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Where do you want us to start? The 800,000 killed in Ireland between 1845 and 
1850 alone?

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