18th April 2005, 12:47 PM
You're mostly right, OB1... I'd just be a bit more hesitant about Europe (and human nature in general, by extension -- sure, they like eachother well enough, but people from third-world nations? Those people they aren't as big fans of... that is, they may spend money to help them in their own nations, but they also do their best to limit immigration. Racial purity and all that... Europe has much more xenophobic immigration laws than, say, the US. But that's explained by history... they are mostly single-culture societies, while we are a nation built by immigrants, and the majority isn't in favor of shutting that down. Things are different in Europe (or Japan) where that is not the case.
But other than that... yes, you're right.
But other than that... yes, you're right.