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To: Rambi who wrote (802)	7/15/2001 11:20:48 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1857

when dogs get more attention than abused children in this country. I don't think that the reaction to justice for the dog detracts in any way from children. I think that we are seeing a rising tide of repulsion against brutality and uncontrolled rage. A rising tide lifts all boats. Children still ride higher than dogs, but dogs now are being accorded a place in the boat. Karen

To: Rambi who wrote (802)	7/15/2001 11:39:50 AM
From: Poet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1857

I just get incensed over people saying things like that, when dogs get more attention than abused children in this country. Boy, do I agree with you on that point. Why is it that people can get more "up in arms" about a dog than a child? And speaking of other current events, I see there's a thread on the Levy-Condit situation that's on the hotlist. All the usual suspects are using the opportunity to blast Condit as a sleazy Democrat. Interesting, because according to the thread header, the thread is supposed to be about solving the mystery of Chandra Levy's disappearance. Politically-based rants about Condit, and thereby all Democrats, are less than helpful and do Ms. Levy and her grieving family a disservice, in my opinion.

To: Rambi who wrote (802)	7/15/2001 8:44:49 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1857

I think you are probably right, as usual, on the detachment issue. I don't really feel part of either country; this has advantages and disadvantages, but I think the advantages are greater. We often get western visitors here, particularly women, who will get tremendously agitated about the local treatment of dogs, and the number of skin and bones mutts running around with their fur falling out. They don't seem to notice the hungry kids; they just look right through them, or else make some vapid comment like "they look so happy", simply because the kids in question are playing. My proposed solution, of course, is to address both problems at once, by slaughtering the stray dogs and feeding them to the hungry children (this is Asia; they eat dogs). You can imagine the reactions I get....