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To: KLP who wrote (98479)5/18/2003 4:28:31 PM
From: LindyBill  Respond to of 281500
 
Taxi driver Saeed Jmagh, 37, said his family had been upset at not being able to watch television.


Yeah, those poor, deprived, Iraqis! It's the same the world over. This first bill a welfare family in this country will pay is the cable.



To: KLP who wrote (98479)5/18/2003 6:53:37 PM
From: kumar  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
<As for your comments about bathrooms and flowing water...etc. For centuries, people lived without flowing water in the house.>

It gets harder and less-acceptable if one is used to these facilities and then looses it. Many thousand years ago, our ancestors lived without houses. Are you saying that too is acceptable in today's world?