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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (151824)	2/17/2002 5:23:07 PM
From: oconnellc	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Rather interesting. The author describes India as a country rife with bigotry, caste politics and corruption. Then he describes how the Enron took advantage of this environment. Odd how he doesn't decry the corruption in his own country, or explain his own position on caste politics. Instead, as a citizen of the US, it must be my fault. And to top off my evil nature, I don't like to eat weevils in my rice! I must be a bastard of the worst sort. Mr. Roy very casually mentions that people of his country don't mind eating bruised fruit or bananas with mosquito bites. Hmmm... I wonder if, now that they are given a choice, if some Indians might actually choose the weevil free rice? And, if that is the case, the food industry (i guess I'm not sure what the correct terminology is) in India might begin to do something about the ppm of weevils in rice? I'm not a total simpleton and I'm not saying that clean rice is actually going to solve all of the problems of the third world. But after reading this article, this is one guy who seems to have figured out why the rest of world is responsible for all the problems in India. I'm not too concerned with whether this guy likes me or not. People like (or dislike) others for all sorts of reasons, not all of them good or worth worrying about.