On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:25:58 -0800, You wrote:

In article ,
Bruce In Bangkok wrote:

On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:35:30 -0400, bb
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:34:58 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

one's living conditions no matter

Well then, by all means, laugh at these people's misery, and feel no
remorse. I'd certainly hope no one would find humor in you our your
family's death and destruction, but that's just me.


Why do you think that these people live in "misery". I've lived in 3rd
world countries for some 40 years and in my experience most of the
people do not feel that their lives are miserable. In fact most of
them are quite happy and would feel insulted by your attitude.



Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Bruce, This Dufus, is just a Bleeding Heart, who hasn't bled out yet,
hasn't traveled widely, and gets his perceptions from Television &
National Geographic.... Don't waste your time, he just can't help
himself.....

Every time I read some twit that is just "so enthused with the poor
indigenous people of ..." I think back to the time I worked at
Freeport's copper mine in Irian Jaya where they employed locals who
were literally stone age peoples before the mine was built. These
people did not think that they were living in misery and even thought
that the "white foreigners" were a bit flighty for wanting to dig up
all that "green rock" that was too soft to make a decent axe out of...

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)