phoebus

I'm not surprised to hear that you fell victim to "cold stares" but it's good to hear that it wasn't more than that. Your response reinforces something a "world traveller" friend of mine told me last week over the phone from Sicily last week: "most people, wherever you go the world over, and good at heart but still prone to prejudice."
I have a lot of Turkish friends, none of which are in any way racist to Kurds or Americans or anyone. As well as I have a handful of Muslim friends, all of which very much agree that 911 was nothing less than horrendous and are openly disgusted by it.
I haven't been to too many different countries, much less third world countries. I've visited Haiti and Jamaica, but both cater to US citizens in a way. As in, you can go to Haiti and have a good time provided you have a credit card and aren't a total asshole. And most people speak English. But I think that being a visitor in a country like Korea, or say Bangladesh, would be a totally different experience.
I have family from Bangladesh and my father visited there not too long ago. He had an extremely difficult time getting by on his own, what with all of the cultural barriers, but said that most everyone he met was surprisingly friendly and as helpful as possible.
It's good to hear that Korea's youth are acttively involved. I suppose it would be hard not to with Kim around. There's got to be a quicker way to get him out of there besides waiting for him to croak.

Taking this out of the thread -

My point was NOT that our military is full of evildoers. Not at all. Only that we need to remember that war is serious business, that suffering is real. Too many of us, myself and our President included, have no real experience with this kind of horror. I only ask that we remember more than just 9/11. I hate to see 9/11 used as a rallying cry for justice or revenge, when both ideals are never achievable. Solutions can be found, but we need to act rationally. Yes, I believe that war can be fought rationally.

[Edited on Sep 11, 2004 8:59PM]

Yeah, I kind of got that impression. I seem to recall agreeing with you on several points before, and at least being able to understand your position other times. I really do appreciate that there is such a wide variety of viewpoints here on SG. It means that one has to really understand their own opinions and be ready and able to back them up with facts, and I think that's always good. To that end, I think it's unfortunate that dkmfc isn't around anymore. I actually liked him because even though we had vastly different opinions on things, his opinions were still backed by facts, he just had different priorities, which I can respect.

Thanks for joining the group.

Γαμησαμε παλι χθες το βραδυ ετσι? Κεντρο του κοσμου ΚΑΝΟΝΙΚΑ!

well, glad to read some part of your adventure was enjoyable....And myself come back from ibiza and could tell you a few things about their work ethic, but i wont': they are actually very much into serving the customer !!!

next time you'll be expecting coming thru belgium, give us a call !


jimmmee

Im in the Army so let me in the group

just hoping the travels go well.

Hey, I forgot to say Happy Birthday. Hope you're having a blast over there.

And did I!

Though, there could have been more hookers. Say, about ... any.

Come what may, things are bound to be interesting, because I'll move to another bad neighborhood that might or might not get better... so more novel experiences with johns, hookers, drunks dealers and felons await.

Joy.

Thanks

I need to capture a better one.

~r

Going to Greece? No Stopping in the states? Bummer

You'll be able to sign up for your favorite team when "StarLance" comes out.

Go here and look down the left side of the screen for StarLancer info.
Lancer's reactor (Fan page)

-c

I'm the same way. But I tend to stay in the background anyway. I don't have problems socializing but am slow to interact with people until I get a handle on who they are and what they're about.

Phoebus, HOW can you be so healthy and sharp as much as you go out!? Ah, you kill me! If I drank that much still, I'd be so out of it!
Hey, so where you going next? Greece for vacation, right, but what after that?

Freelancer is made by the Wingcommander guys.

-c

Fellow Awesome Motherfucker, I put you on The List! Join up!

er...What's a Won?


-c

Η κουστουμια ειναι Ralph Lauren και η γραβατα Boss. Not too bad, huh???