On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Michael Perelman wrote:

> I used the word, "seductive", intentionally.  I think that outsiders see the
> glamor, the glitz, and the convenience long before they see the dark side of
> capitalist culture.  For example, many immigrants who suffered great hardships
> to come to the U.S. returned disappointed. I don't have the data on hand, but
> the number was surprisingly large.

Yes!  In my research on Mexican migration to the United States, many
migrants, as well as prospective migrants, express their strong
reservations about life in the U.S., including crime, drug abuse, and
what some of them see as our excessively permissive sexual mores.

Steven Zahniser
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