Hi, Monday, October 18, 2004, 4:04:36 AM, Shel wrote:
> But Bill, The Caveman has left all the problems of his native country > behind and has found a sort of Nirvana in Canada. No longer is there a > need to be concerned with those who have less while one is on the quest for > more. He has moved out of "La Grotte de Lascaux" and there is no desire to > look back. I think you're being rather unfair there, Shel. Everybody has the right to improve their own lot - isn't that the American Way? Romania, when I met Val there, was a country with far greater problems than you're likely to see in California (for all its genuine problems), and far more than one individual - even someone as talented as Val - can fix. I've seen the down-and-outs in Santa Monica, and I've seen the way many ordinary people live in Romania, and believe me, Santa Monica is better. I don't mean this to sound like "our poverty is worse than yours", or Monty Python's Three Yorkshiremen sketch, but everyone is entitled to their view on these things, and I think your comments to V. were a bit below the belt. -- Cheers, Bob
