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Re: Euro-Immigrants

From: Tony Francis <tony.francis@k...>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 18:03:17 +0000
Subject: Re: Euro-Immigrants

Brian Bilderback wrote:
> 
> Interestingly enough, while in Turkey, I felt completely safe, was
never
> harassed, spoken ill of, or even given dirty looks.  The people were
> gracious, hospitable, curious, and friendly.	The only trouble I HEARD
of
> during the trip was from a group of Chechen terrorists trying to take
a
> hotel hostage.   The only unpleasantness I WITNESSED was in Amsterdam.
 The
> Dutch were friendly, hospitable, etc.  The UK football fans in town
were
> idiots.  I suspect if I went to their home towns, I'd find the people
> friendly, hospitable, etc.  I wonder how much of this kind of trouble
comes
> not because that particular people group is inclined to trouble, but
because
> refugee/foreigner status tends to do odd things to people.

No, our football hooligans are hooligans everywhere :-(

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Tony Francis
Senior Software Engineer


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