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To: Dane
That's a pretty bad one to bring up there Dane my boy.

The British went to war for the 'right' to sell opium to the Chinese. It turned the British government into the largest drug cartel in the world at the time.

And the 'devestation' was mostly caused by British troops, not opium.

L

92 posted on 10/11/2003 10:06:53 AM PDT by Lurker ("To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate." Mark Steyn)
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To: Lurker
The British went to war for the 'right' to sell opium to the Chinese. It turned the British government into the largest drug cartel in the world at the time

Well gee, I guess to your the British Government is selling opium to the Chinese today, at this very moment.

How much money do you give to Lyndon Larouche?

101 posted on 10/11/2003 10:12:15 AM PDT by Dane
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