To: X Y Zebra who wrote (10625 ) 10/8/2001 11:01:32 PM From: marcos Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559 I have Echeverría to thank for meeting my wife - during his reign he sponsored among others a young chiapaneca sculptress to study in el DF, twenty-something years later she gives a surprise birthday party for her husband and invites a friend who invites me along - now if it had not been for her experience in el centro would she have given the same party in the same place? - perhaps not ... mind you, at least one day per month i am not exactly 'thanking' Echemeculpa for this -g- You're quite right in all the robolucionario rant, perhaps a little light on them, but it's the year 2001 now ... recall that in the reign of E there was a bloodfest current in Viet Nam, in the reign of Salinas the sowing of landmines and terror in Nicaragua ... different sort of thing happening now ... things change ... Fox didn't get el dedazo, not even close ... perfect he's unlikely to turn out, but better him than E imho Without sueños de grandeza where would any of us be, what would be the point in getting out of bed in the morning? ... time to get rid of that Chico México attitude imho, it's been overused by the very robolucionarios of whch you speak ... country has problems at home, well what country doesn't ... it also has a place to take in this world - why shouldn't there be a regiment of the Ejército keeping the peace on heights of the West Bank? ... there are canadians on the Golan Heights right now, they do fine Choice is not between isolation and becoming the 'achichincles' of Fuentes, the spectrum of options is very much wider than that, and broader ... and ongoing - you know i haven't been south for two years, but each time i talk on the phone with that sculptress' friend i am amazed at the changes in attitudes ... depressed at the lack of change in some respects as well, it must be said ... but all in all not bad ... maybe it's another case of la 'Perfección de lo finito ' - jornada.unam.mx