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Accidental Privacy Spills
ahem writes "A journalist attends the World Economic forum, and writes an email to a few friends. It's a chatty, casual conference report. The conference is a gathering of the 5,000 most powerful people in the world. The report gives a breezy insight into how stuff gets done at that level, and what the concerns are that keep the world's leaders up at night. That email was intended only for the journalist's friends. That email winds up getting plastered all over the net. Here is a very interesting discussion of the implications of this "privacy spill." Make sure you read down to the Epilogue. Here is the email itself." The Lawmeme discussion is quite thoughtful and in-depth, very good reading.
From reading the article, basically the rich are completely against war because it will screw their investments... If you haven't been paying attention, the deficit between rich and poor is the worst in HISTORY, currently the rich are getting MUCH richer, and the poor slipping behind further. Maybe a good war is what we need...
I was enjoying reading this e-mail until I reached this part:
Not surprisingly, the business community was in no mood to hear about a war in Iraq. Except for diehard American Republicans, a few Brit Tories and some Middle East folks the WEF was in a foul, angry anti-American mood.
I call bullshit. I can't speak for the Middle East and the Republicans by the British Tories (Conservatives) aren't pro-war and pro-American.. the Labour government is.
Tony Blair is not a Tory/Conservative, yet he's one of Bush's best chums and is pretty much pro-war at this stage.
I get the feeling this is nothing more than an elaborate piece of bullshit.
Besides, 'all the rich' aren't going to be against a war.. what about the oil rich? Or.. what about those who believe in the UN? If the UN doesn't strike Saddam, what is the UN's effectiveness? Diddly squat, that's what.. it might as well not exist.
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