<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/19/2003 8:22:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pepor@caribe.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Here in Puerto Rico -- as you mention Yoshie -- the atmosphere is *quite*<BR>different. It is an anti-war atmosphere in general -- </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>I'm kind of surprised.  My family in Puerto Rico has not mentioned anything (they are anti war, but then they are pro-independence), except for a couple of smal protest here and there, not to the level of Vietnam.  In that case the problem was compulsory service by Puerto Ricans who have no say about the decision of going to war.  We are not a violent people, no matter what TV and Movies show, so a vague anti-war feeling is probably a natural thing for us.  But there has not been a widespread protest movement, AFAIK.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sergio</DIV></BODY></HTML>