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To: carranza2 who wrote (89170)	11/25/2007 7:29:09 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110194

i must say i was surprised by his command of English idiom, made me almost think it was a spoof. but, too long and detailed for a spoof, so probably true, unfortunately. i do wonder if the situation has improved, though--a lot of that seems to be posts from 2004-05. hasn't A. peso gained quite a bit since then? unfortunately, things like corruption probably won't improve as quickly as the exchange rate. i recall reading that the least corrupt nations in the world are Japan and Finland. even discounting Finland because it is a toy nation, Japan is a very uncorrupt place, at least between ordinary civilians and civil servants. but Japan much worse now, too. many kidnappings, kiddy rapes, "Sakakibara" beheadings impaled on school fence-posts, you name it. unlike US, kids travel about themselves on public transport, so are more vulnerable. middle-schoolers pimping themselves for Louis Vuittons a now well-known bogey man in J and Korea. in America, you worry that your 13-yr-old daughter will turn to drugs. in Tokyo and Seoul, you worry she will become a prostitute. There is an undeclared civil war raging in Latin America, makes you wonder how long it will be before this "war" makes its way to places like Miami. btw, FerFAL mentioned people getting tubular bumpers on their trucks to run over would-be carjackers. i have heard of worse in South Africa--cars tricked out with deployable "swords" that chop off the legs of anybody approaching car doors; built-in flamethrowers, etc. of course, every decent house is surrounded by a masonry wall topped with broken glass. does BMW offer this option in the US market yet? youtube.com transportation.frost.com.