The sad part is that even after the decades of propaganda and lies from these "official sources", the Slavic people still believe almost everything that they read in the papers or see on TV.

I have had a hard time getting my wife broken of this habit. She got started reading some of the BS posts on other RW boards and I had to keep reminding her that some of these people like to imbelish the truth and others had hidden agendas. It was pretty hairy there for a while until she caught on and decided that it was better to listen to her husband than a bunch of trolls and troublemakers.

You don't suppose that The Washington Post (fondly referred to as Pravda on the Potomic) has ever embellished stories to sell papers do you?

Or, that maybe some papers have -gasp!- a politcal agenda...

I've also heard that there's quite a few Colombian prostitutes in Spain.  Poverty creates deperation and fuels prostitution.  I feel sorry for these women.  I have no idea what percentage of them are in it voluntarily, but what a horrible thing for those who were trapped into it somehow.

Keith

And in Malaysia, they all come from Indonesia.

And in Germany, they all come from Turkey.

Thailand is the exception --smile--.

I cannot count the number of times I've seen newspaper reports and/or television accounts that ALWAYS suggest the preponderance of prostitutes originate from some other country. It is a rather blatant form of nationalism coupled with elitism - IMHO.

The other apparent 'truism' is that countries in the Northern Hemisphere always seem to make jokes and accuse their southern neighbors of being lazy. America to Mexico - Central Europe to Spain, etc.

Seems that people will always find some 'reason' to make accusations toward others in a feeble attempt to feel better about themselves. Sad.

- Dan

She LOVED mexico... though, of course, she lived in California.

She was always telling me how peaceful it was being in Mexico. How it was no pressure, and everyone was laid back and easy going. She loved going there every chance she got.

It was a perfect place, she thought.

Of course, the roads were bad, she would say. And you couldn't get a decent job... and the cities didn't have the stores and buildings... etc, etc...

I asked her once: "Do you think the reason that Mexico has none of these things, and America does has anything to do with the fact that everyone is so laid back in Mexico?"

She looked at me like I was out of my mind.

So then I asked: "Well... then why has America prospered so greatly, and Mexico has not?"

She seemed to think it was because America has more oil...