--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@...> wrote: > > Barry, > > You seem to forget the situation in Paris and anywhere else in France. > Recently, there have been unrest and riots in Paris for many reasons, > including those perpetrated by terrorists. I don't believe you're any safer > over there than here in the USA.
John, I think Barry is probably not arguing that France or Europe in general is safer than the US, just that if they bombed the Eiffel Tower and 200 people were injured and three killed they wouldn't whine about it like the Americans. They would simply take a drag on their Gauloises and tuck their bottle of table wine a little tighter under their arm thinking what a small inconvenience it all was. > > JR > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Some still have the ability to think, and more important, > > *write* about the larger issues revealed by the events in > > Boston: > > > > http://www.salon.com/2013/04/20/how_boston_exposes_americas_dark_post_911_bargain/ > > > > For those who are going to try to write this guy off as > > some kind of whiny politico, Andrew O'Hehir is Salon.com's > > regular film critic. It's just that, like Roger Ebert, he > > does not feel the need to limit the subjects he writes > > about *to* film. Here he takes on the dark underbelly of > > America since 9/11, the thing that ALL expats I've met > > in Europe know about, and the main reason we're here, and > > not there. > > >
