Man, that's a hell of a story. Dunno what it says about poverty or any of that other junk, but it's an amazing story.
A friend of mine's parents left Vietnam in the early 70's under similar circumstances, just got into a boat and left, no idea where they were going...just knowing that anywhere else had to be better than where they were. Successful middle class family in the US ever since. Blessed with little more than a good work ethic and a strong sense of family. On 6/27/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great Story: > > This engineer I used to work with escaped from Cambodia in the 70s as > a young 20 something. His boat was straffed by a shore patrol and > most people in the boat died immediately or shortly after. He played > dead and the shore patrol shot it full of holes to sink it. > > A few of the occupants, however, survived and stuffed clothes "etc" > into the boat holes and were able to make it out. Eventually he made > his way to America which, when he arrived, he didn't have even have a > penny. > > He worked odd jobs, went to college, got an engineering degree and now > makes a great living. > > Certainly he probably less mentally burdened than some, but does it > really make sense that even, say, 50% of poor couldn't be helped out > it? > > Not to me. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237394 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
