Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 08:24:43 +0100 (BST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Volodya=20V=20Anarhist?= <volodyanarchist-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Politicians etc. (I'm stupid) (please disregard my previous post)


Please disregard my previous post

> I doubt it.
> 
> I understand he is now feeling a lot less confident 
> of winning the bet than he was a couple of years
> ago. However, if you feel your understanding of Scottish
> politics is better than Iain Duntulm's, and so feel
> more confident of winning than he does, then you are 
> welcome to place a similar bet.
> 
> Of course, it could be argued that no small country,
> maybe not even big countries, are truly "independent"
> in the world of multinational capitalism. However,
> all of that was thoroughly discussed by Iain, myself,
> and others, on the Scottish Politics list in February 
> 2001, in order to clarify exactly what the bet meant,
> so that neither party could get out of paying up 
> due to a lack of precision. For purposes of the bet, 
> "independent" is taken to mean as independent as other 
> smallish European countries (for instance, Belgium).
> Membership of the European Union (for instance) does
> not invalidate "independence" for purposes of the bet.
> 
> 
> Dave C
>  

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