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To: Ilaine who wrote (10317)	10/20/2006 8:07:54 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217851

you brought up a topic i have no strong beliefs in either way. i am of the same opinion as mr buffett, that at some time, somewhere, some dirty bonm will go off, full stop. there is, in my mind, no 'what happens after that', because the psychology subsequent to such an event can range from one extreme to another, and so 'the after that' can be all over the spectrum of possibilities, full stop. in china, obviously there are some more important cities and some less critical cities, but given that there are 200 cities of 1 million or more folks, stuff is inevitably dispersed however, to say shanghai is not critical would be foolish beijing, on the other hand, is just so so, when compared to shanghai the ruling party, by definition, is dispersed, all over the place i think the crux of issue is not so much a bomb removing a lot of people and buildings the crux is the psychological change i make one pertinent observation: it has been extraordinarily rare, to the point where i cannot recall any material instance, where riots and looting breaks out in any city during times of natural disaster, and so perhaps the society will hold together through thick and thin but why are we on this topic? i was talking about the monetary system that is faith based, when faith ought to break