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To: Slagle who wrote (62267)4/19/2005 8:59:53 AM
From: Elroy Jetson  Read Replies (2) of 74559
 
New Zealand is marketed in the US to potential tourists as something like a giant pristine park - but with adventure rides.

The Americans I run across who long to visit or emigrate to New Zealand have a number of things in common:

1.) none have actually been there, nor do they know anyone who has;

2.) they know nothing about the government in New Zealand, except that they speak some form of English;

3.) they are almost all environmentalists who imagine New Zealand is one large forest with a few lush green meadows, just like they saw in "Lord of the Rings";

4.) they don't know that almost all forests in New Zealand were clear-cut 100 years ago, typically leaving dry brown fields in their place;

5.) they imagine most of New Zealand looks a lot like "Lord of the Rings" but without the Hobbits;

6.) they are in for a big surprise if they ever go.
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