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List:       wikien-l
Subject:    Re: [WikiEN-l] Answers.com tool released
From:       Philip Welch <wikipedia () philwelch ! net>
Date:       2006-04-12 23:38:48
Message-ID: C5BDF65C-8185-42E9-8BF8-0D4C5CFC3B55 () philwelch ! net
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On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Ben McIlwain wrote:

> Seconded.  Companies choose who they want to do business with all  
> of the
> time.  It's not illegal by embargo laws to sell small arms to many
> countries in the Middle East, but most American companies absolutely
> refuse to do it.

There's a difference between selling *arms* (i.e. things that can be  
used to kill people and blow shit up) and selling, say, *encyclopedias*.

-- 
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch



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