economic stats (as if people mattered)

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

I am not aware of any ill treatmet Zbig Brzezinski encountered because of
his ethnic origins, or Henry Kissinger, or Clarence Thomas, or Soon Yun
Moon (sp?), or Rupert Murdoch.  Despite being black, OJ Simpson got
acquitted in a situation virtually noone else would.  This brings to mind a
quote attributed to the mayor of Vienna (his name escapes me) shortly
before the Anschluss - "It is I who decide who is a Jew."

Another point: Yoshie, Carrol and Co. can you get over your "noble savage"
mythology and stop attributing ill intentions to people who do not want to
fraternize with assorted social bottom-feeders?  Not everyone who does not
like behavioral traits found in other people is a bigot, a mysogynist, or a
racist.   Volumes have been written on social perception of others, and
calling everything that is not in line with this or that race-based
ideology borders on docta ignorantia.

As to my eyeglasses a la Trotsky - they did not offer much help in Mexico
City, with or without them I wqas still ag ringo. Perhaps because most
people there do not remember who Trotsky was.  The only people I met at the
Casa Leo Trotsky were American tourists.  

Fortunately, the first question most people I encountered asked was "Where
are you from?"  I quickly discovered that answering "from Poland" is
infinitely preferable to "from the US."

wojtek