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Lee — 9/4/2005 9:39:13 PM (archived)

These people were destitute in their homelands. Imagine how well they'll do in a place totally foreign to them. If they can't make it in a place more at their level, how are they going to fair better in a 1st World country?

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Poverty in Paris - Daniel - 9/4/2005 6:39:00 AM
- re: Poverty in Paris - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2005 11:04:10 PM
- So they're not suppose to be poor anymore? - Lee - 9/4/2005 8:03:04 AM
  - Where in the story gave you the idea that these were "simple uneducated primitives"? - alcaray - 9/6/2005 9:34:52 PM
    - Yeah, be careful. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 10:03:26 PM
      - The guys I work with from India... - alcaray - 9/6/2005 10:56:14 PM
        
        And I am losing one of them on Friday - alcaray - 9/6/2005 10:58:39 PM
  - You raise some valid issues but.. - FrankC - 9/5/2005 6:28:55 AM
    - No, I was referring to their naive society. - Lee - 9/6/2005 1:01:07 AM
      - native society (n/t) - Lee - 9/6/2005 1:01:46 AM
  - ***A portion of this thread has been relocated to Flame*** - Mary Anne, moderator - 9/5/2005 2:01:37 AM
    - Way too much work, in my opinion. - alcaray - 9/7/2005 10:36:40 PM
      - Luckily, though... - Robert - 9/8/2005 4:14:19 PM
        
        it's even better - FrankC - 9/8/2005 10:51:35 PM
        
        re: it's even better - Fox - 9/9/2005 1:52:01 PM
        
        Now if you guys could sign Rauol and Nick up, we'd have our own DSN. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/8/2005 11:51:36 PM
    - ***Post deleted at poster's request*** (n/t) - Mary Anne, moderator - 9/5/2005 2:32:25 AM
    - I am sorry to cause you trouble, M.A. - R.L. - 9/5/2005 2:22:06 AM
      - I understand. - Mary Anne, moderator - 9/5/2005 2:30:04 AM
    - Outstanding - Robert - 9/5/2005 2:12:14 AM
      - re: Outstanding - Fox - 9/5/2005 2:36:34 PM
  - Apparently you don't understand the meaning of "destitute". - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 3:28:01 PM
    - The bigger picture - Lee - 9/4/2005 9:39:13 PM
      - The clearer picture - Robert - 9/5/2005 4:16:12 PM
        
        I'm not sure Europe welcomes it as much. - Lee - 9/6/2005 1:05:42 AM
        
        in thirty years they will own the place - Nick Hoffman - 9/6/2005 1:37:27 AM
        
        Good post. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2005 3:11:06 AM
        
        *Our* immigrants own the place now. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 1:28:14 AM
        
        re: immigrants own the place now. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 6:22:50 AM
        
        What happened? - Mary Anne - 9/6/2005 12:08:40 PM
        
        re: What happened? - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2005 6:28:35 PM
        
        Hear! Hear! (n/t) - Eri - 9/5/2005 10:34:40 PM
      - You describe almost any large immigrant influx to almost any nation at almost any period in history. - Mary Anne - 9/5/2005 1:22:29 PM
  - they're coming to get you personally - all the way from Africa - Daniel - 9/4/2005 11:02:44 AM

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