LOL,,,,,
Richmond,
You made me laugh. I too sometimes end up running off on some of my
own gripes from time to time. Although your reply stung a little I
accept your word it is not an attack.
But, what to do? I really am stumped on how to reply. I know that I
worked very hard against a lot of difficulties to get where I am and
chose to spend an inheritance on things I love to do above all else.
But I don't know how to help others like in Bulgaria or anywhere else
besides trying to do positive things and help people in my neck of the
world. Which I try to do.
At one time the computer was considered a luxury as well as the
Internet. Now they are seen differently. Maybe portable OS devices
will go down that road too some day.
My question is: Do you have any realistic suggestions that someone
like me can do to change things around?
Regards,
Tom McGrath
On Jul 17, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Bye-the-bye, Tom, this is not an attack on you; I am jolly happy for
you that you have all the pleasures that your work can bring.
However, I cannot help but see the iPhone as something fairly
gratuitous when I see horrible poverty just down the road from where
I live. Now, if somebody would start a factory making mobile phones
in Bulgaria, rather than propping up the stinking Chinese communist
regime (Apple!!!!!) quite a few Bulgarians might well be able to
improve their standard of living even to the extent that they can
afford an iPhone.
I am sorry to get "all political" on the RR Use-List, but the iPhone
does seem, somehow, a political issue; as do all the other luxury
electronic goods, all made in countries with nasty, non-democratic
regimes.
sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.
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