Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation in Chile. What you think?

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• CKay

  November 2004 edited November 2004

  The thing is... five years ago I heard that out of ALL Japanese products and inventions that come to market... 90 percent of them are british ideas/inventions or braindrained people/workers...
  
  90 percent sounds too high, but it probably illustrates the point rather well...
  
  The simple fact is that no matter how innovative Britain was/is, and clever the inventive minds are, that Britain is in no position financially to do much :(
  
  Especially whilst Richard Branson, Tony Blair etc etc have been running around wetting themselves in order to shake Bill Gates hand these past 8 years or so...
  
  Britain needs to get some balls back.
  
  Sorry this is only regarding British innovation you mention... as far as peoples quality of life, indeed right to certain things/protections... I`ll be for that *_+
  
  
  
• monty.mole

  November 2004 edited November 2004

  In an ideal world, yes, the Sinclair philosophy would rule. But unfortunately, the Sinclair way has been drowned in a sea of greedy individuals and corporations who put the dollar above all else (the Commodore "fast buck" philosophy?). Clive Sinclair never had a chance. Even if Britain hadn't succumbed to the evil ways of Bill, we are still a former second rate (now third rate) country with very little real influence in the world. Sorry we couldn't be more helpful! Talk to the people with real power... the Lemon64 forum. ;)
  
• Paul van der Laan

  November 2004 edited November 2004

  I heard there was a small uproar with some bodyguards of Bush not being allowed to enter a building. As a consequence a big dinner was cancelled later on because there was no consensus about the security. What happened?
• Motomono

  November 2004 edited November 2004

  You're well informed. Of all the presidents, Bush was the only one that had conflicts with the chilean security agents, customs authorities, airforce and policemen. Check this:
  
  1. The Airforce 1 landed in a military reservation, not in the public, commercial lines airport like others president's planes.After that, the american agents took for about 20 minutes the total control of that reservation, forcing diplomatic, airforce, customs and police personel to wait in a room (americans lock the door). That was some sort of invasion.
  
  2. Bush (an his bodyguards) don't respect a diplomatic rule at the entrance of an event, in the Mapocho Station of Santiago. The american gorillas want to enter with Bush & wife, but chilean police force stops that. So, a little fight take place. But Bush took one american agent by the shoulder and get him inside the building, so he was the only one president that broke the rule.
  
  3. Chile prepare a special dinner for american delegation at the Palace of La Moneda (goverment house), with about 300 guest. For security issues, Bush demand that all guest (diplomatics, ministers, senators, representants, militars, bussinessmen) must walk through a security portal and then checked by american agents. So, Chilean president Ricardo Lagos don't accept that, suspend the event and, in a few hours, he organize a small, quick dinner for 20 peoples. What a shame!
  
  
• Lee Fogarty

  November 2004 edited November 2004

  Its not just Americans that try to ride roughshod over hosts. Jaques Chirac tried to stop eminem performing for top of the pops last week as his battle ship was parked on the thames at the same time that eminem was perfoming on a boat. Apparently a couple of hundred teeny boppers are a huge security risk.
  
  Besides that, Geroge Bush must by now be the no.1 target for any terrorist. That might make him a bit paranoid about who guards him.
  

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• Motomono

  November 2004 edited November 2004

  
  Chile Apec 2004 best posters against the (ani)mal (click where says "comenzar"). Very funny:
  
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