Interesting.
But., what does,
In Latin America they didn't know what "please" meant"
mean?
Mike Cole wrote:
>I watched the 90 minute program on Liberia where I worked for about
>a decade. Sickening evidence of the benefits of our "civilizing"
>influence on the world. The following was sent around by someone who
>once worked in Liberia. Struck me as too close to veridical to be
>entirely funny.
>mike
>----
>
>Last month, a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN. The only
>question asked was:
>'Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food
>shortage in the rest of the world?"
>
>The survey was a huge failure ...........
>In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant.
>In Latin America they didn't know what "please" meant"
>In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant
>In the middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant
>In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.
>In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant
>And in the USA they didn't know what the "rest of the world" meant.
>
>
>Caroline Bledsoe
>Dept. of Anthropology
>1810 Hinman St.
>Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. 60208-1310
>Fax: 1 847 467-1778
>cbledsoe@northwestern.edu
>
>
>
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