And I add, dealing with disability issues are part of the international
community also, IMHO.

Kat
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> Sorry, Betty, I didn't mean to offend you.  I guess I tend to look at
things
> from a wider perspective because I've talked to so many people from other
> places and I tend to see our problems as not purely American ones but as
> part of the world's.  Also, I studied anthropology in grad school, and so
> tend to look at American culture and compare it to others.  Once a social
> scientist, always a social scientist, I suppose.
>
> It might help to narrow the focus, I agree.  I just wish that we could
work
> more with the UN agencies such as UNICEF, as well as other international
> agencies, and bring in our problems such as children living in poverty
into
> their fold.  My take on all this is that we are all a part of the world's
> population, and anything we do affects all others, maybe not directly, but
> it does.
>
> Kat
>
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> From: "Betty B" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:18 AM
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>
> > My comments were specifically directed toward US citizens, but not with
> the
> > intent to exclude our list members who are citizens of other countries,
or
> to
> > suggest that many of the items I listed are not issues of interest to
> other
> > sovereign nations.
> >