Re: Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!

Doug Kanter wrote:

> "Jonathan Ball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Dave, do you ALSO think that the Swiss are innocent of all wrongdoing
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> from
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> > > WWII? Court documents aren't good enough for you? :-)
> >
> > The paranoid bigot who offered the court documents was
> > trying to prove, somehow, that the Swiss economy is not
> > primarily a service based economy.  His citation
> > couldn't possibly prove that, as it is entirely unrelated.
>
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> Based on my reading of the messages, there were two things going on, and one
> of them was JPS' comment that the Swiss had, and continue to have some
> skanky activities that they'd like the world to not notice. Then, I believe
> it was you who appeared to deny that the Swiss had held onto assets which
> weren't theirs from the WWII era.

No, I didn't.

As you say, there are two *entirely separate* issues: 
the composition of the Swiss economy, and whether or 
not Switzerland concealed illegally held Jewish assets. 
 I never even addressed the latter, because I think it 
is well demonstrated that Swiss banks did hold onto the 
assets, and the Swiss government didn't do anything to 
get them to be forthcoming.

I do dispute the paranoid bigot and coward "jps's" 
rabid contention that the Swiss economy is based on 
recycling "blood money".

> If they'd cleared it all up in 1948, it would've been fair to say that it
> was over. But, legal proceedings were still going on until just a couple of
> years ago, which was proven with a link to court documents. At that point,
> you failed to say "Oh...OK....fine. I was mistaken".
>
> The FIRST link someone posted for you was from what you considered an
> unreliable or biased source. The SECOND one, which I posted, was a direct
> source of information.
>
> Not that I've straightened this out for you, do you still believe the Swiss
> did NOT hang onto assets which belonged to Holocaust victims?

I never believed it; yours is an invalid complex question.