Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of the reasons you see the extremes in the US, and you don't in some other "developed countries," is that for all our talk of safety nets, they are pretty much non-existant. Compared to the other "Western democracies" we are in the 19th century when it comes to our view of social welfare and the role of government. And, no, I don't want to get into a raging political debate here on the LUG - just making a personal observation based on a personal political/social opinion.;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of kiklaas@iinet.net.au Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 9:08 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: calling on the LUG to do a good deed: leica scholarship Hi Kim, Yes, that became obvious - and I did see both extremes - ie. my friend had friends living in Malibu and Palisades Drive etc - what I noticed was the extreme. Karina > > In a message dated 4/27/02 11:41:38 PM, shutterbug@iinet.net.au writes: > > << I asked my friend, whom I was > > visiting at the time where the poorer areas were - she lived in Santa > > Monica, and she responded there weren't any - she must have had her head in > > the sand because I caught a Greyhound (not like they are in the movies - > > another shock in itself) to San Fran and started noticing these areas during > > the drive on the way. > > > Karina >> > > Karina, > > NOT to discount the homeless issue in the States, but just know that > Greyhound stations tend to be located in some of the worst areas of the > communities they're located in, so your view by going Greyhound might have > been just a bit skewed. > > > -kim > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html