To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (7721 ) 3/23/2003 7:59:09 PM From: Cogito Ergo Sum Respond to I don't get it. You and I both. Also saw a crowded KFC in Hangzhou, go figure. My then 8 year old was with me. She's way too fussy and I must admit I was curious so I went once to the arches for some takeout. Yes though, indigenous food was great. Ate a lot of lunch off the street or takeout spots, really enjoyed the cook your own at the table fare. Puts a new meaning to buffet style. And the prices were unbelievably cheap and food was great. And then compare the ratio of US films that are translated into these various languages. Not really different from what I was saying. Compared to the US though (I'm not talking about the thousands of years before) are they mature civilizations in light of the miracles of modern technology, democracy, decent places to live or health care etc. They are rally quite small and young when viewed in that context. Even India, otherwise the threat of lost technical and service jobs wouldn't be great.But, in Silicon Valley, the number of Indians in the biz is certainly not trivial. And yet we welcome them. In my neighbourhood it's quite a melting pot. A key thing in my neighbourhood I believe is that it is upper middle-class (I'm one of the poor ones :o). Most of the folks irrespective of whence they come are typically self employed or professionals of a sort or have well paying jobs.But since their wings have got rusted
