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To: Ilaine who wrote (90228)	4/5/2003 12:52:03 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

> How will it change me if my bicycle was made in China rather than France? That is not the debated issue. The point is that it changes you completely if your bicycle as a mode of transportation is removed and is replaced by car. In fact this is good example. For a year I worked where most of us rode a bicycle to work instead of driving. And if you were late, you'd not have good spot to park your bike. The changes that this brought in our lives was tremendous. The office installed showers and lockers for so we wouldn't be sweaty on arrival. We all had to wake up earlier. What kinds of things we did after work was also affected. Several people eventually decided to move closer to the office. Another big example is TV. When I was in university, I always shared the place with at least 3 other students. Usually one person had a TV who put it in living room. But we had a full reshuffling and nobody wanted to buy TV and put in the cable deposit. For the first week or so it was hell. Life was too boring. We sat in the living room staring at nothing. But later we started getting together and entertaining each other. We started using candles instead of lights in the living room (it was 5 of us and it was co-ed). Someone started practicing guitar in the living room instead of his room because it would not interfere with TV anymore. It turned out that one of the girls was a good singer and was happy to oblige. We played cards and socialized. The change in our life style was drastic. Yes we all have a choice not to buy a TV (in fact I never did for another 10 years). But that is not the point I am making. The point I am making is that the goods we export also bring massive cultural baggage with them. And this change of life style is as disturbing to some in foreign lands as it would be disturbing to you to live their way. ST