[lbo-talk] some post-US election recommendations............

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Thu Nov 4 19:44:25 PST 2004



>Patrick Bond wrote:
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <uvj at vsnl.com>
>>> Why should there be any trade sanctions against Myanmar?
>>
>>It's called Burma, comrade.
>
>Huh? What are the politics of the name?
>
>Doug

Some people think that when a gang of thugs takes over a country they can legitimately change its name against the expressed will of its people. That's their politics. Some refuse to grant the thugs such legitimacy. That's ours.

Shane



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