On Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 11:07 AM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
> Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
>
>> and i agree the official stats are damning as they are . . .
>
> Yes, the official stats are damning. But is it worse than what it was
> when
> the "First World" was developing?
>
why is that a "but"?
j