http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/08/more-bloggingheads/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/08/more-bloggingheads/comment-page-1/#comment-213119 novakant Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:06:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/10/08/more-bloggingheads/#comment-213119 Very interesting and pleasant dialogue. The only disappointment was the part regarding Burma, on which you both seemed to be not overly well informed: the sanctions are a joke (e.g. Unocal, now Chevron was and is exempted and there are still a lot of major corporations doing business in Burma) and the junta could easily be toppled by shutting down the gas business of Chevron/Unocal, TOTAL and a Thai company - that is the lifeline of the regime. Very interesting and pleasant dialogue. The only disappointment was the part regarding Burma, on which you both seemed to be not overly well informed: the sanctions are a joke (e.g. Unocal, now Chevron was and is exempted and there are still a lot of major corporations doing business in Burma) and the junta could easily be toppled by shutting down the gas business of Chevron/Unocal, TOTAL and a Thai company – that is the lifeline of the regime.

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