thanx james ;) Thanx for your answer I understand wath u mean(UHAAA I am understanding sth in english that's great ***grins***) Anyway we have a cultural diversity too...three languages are spoken in my country...anyway maybe your country is just too big...I mean it's difficult to amenistrated such a huge state. It's so impressing...maybe the individual loses itself in it...anyway I need a siesta! I wish u all a good friday evening and I am jelouse on all of u who r in Ny since I would love to pass a friday evening in NYC... Take care julia James J Rovira wrote: > I love reading your posts, Julia, and your Italian comes through > wonderfully in your English. Keep posting :) > > There's no explaining it, really, other than the fact that one thing the > US suffers from more than many other countries is terminal diversity. > We're standing on feet of iron mixed with clay, and the smallest rock can > make us collapse at times. Racial tension is just below the surface in > many of our cities. > > We're also affluent without a universally held set of values, and we have > problems with our impulses. Anger management is a serious issue here. > We don't have set, acceptable ways to express it. > > Matthew-- > > Guns aren't the problem here, in my opinion. I hate to say this, but > more than the dollar or the vote the bullet is the fundamental unit of > political power. He who holds all the bullets and the means of procuring > them holds all the power. The right to bear arms was not intended to > protect the public from outside invasion, but from its own government, > allowing for the possibility of a future revolution should the current US > government descend into tyranny. > > Jim > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]