> > In a message dated 8/19/03 8:23:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > > Yes, Europe too allows for foreign ownership but I prefer living in a > > > country where my government tells me what to do, not some damn foreign >one > > > > > > > Since when does someone owning something mean their government will tell >you > > what to do? No logic here David >What I'm getting at is that the European countries who belong to the EU no >longer are sovereing nations. For example, France can make Italy change a >law if France doesn't like it. Ahh, not quite. The EU can make Italy change a law if it clashes with EU law and France can complain to the European Parliament about Italian laws but that's it. Much as they'd like to, the French don't run Europe. Grant SYD QF