yes,being an ex-pat gives one a bit of perspective.
edit: or at least makes local issues seem less dire
edit2: ex-local issues, that is
(edit: or at least makes local issues seem less dire
edit2: ex-local issues, that is
Purple Onion,
Thu 18 Aug 2005, 17:40,
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Heh,its not as bad as when Brits complain about crime.
Before turning 11, I had been burgled 5 times, friends had been killed, family car had been stolen by the police, my family had been assaulted for no good reason, other friends were hijacked and sodomised, we narrowly escaped police-criminal gunfights outside our front door, etc..
And people complain so bitterly here about 'hooligans' who vandalise a little bit. Makes me smile.
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Thu 18 Aug 2005, 18:18,
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Before turning 11, I had been burgled 5 times, friends had been killed, family car had been stolen by the police, my family had been assaulted for no good reason, other friends were hijacked and sodomised, we narrowly escaped police-criminal gunfights outside our front door, etc..
And people complain so bitterly here about 'hooligans' who vandalise a little bit. Makes me smile.