tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377312797415153161.post5932610921221042328..comments2023-08-25T01:52:29.922-07:00Comments on Strange and Benevolent: One step forward, two steps back... (Revised)The Generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13882212598013962066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377312797415153161.post-57077897808755223382007-07-13T08:55:00.000-07:002007-07-13T08:55:00.000-07:00One of the things I've noticed about poverty is ho...One of the things I've noticed about poverty is how relative it ends up being. I'm sure that if someone came directly from the States to South Africa, the level of poverty would seem pretty overwelming at times. But, since we just arrived from India (and before that Southeast Asia) the poverty here doesn't stun us as much.<BR/><BR/>It was actually difficult to write the end of that entry because I was afraid it would seem like I was downplaying the poverty and the situation that the standard black South African person (which wasn't my intention at all).<BR/><BR/>I'm sure that if you get a couple drinks in me when I get home, I'll have all sorts of monologues and rants about this sort of stuff... but its surprisingly hard to put in blog form.The Generalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882212598013962066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377312797415153161.post-29766455469339482452007-07-12T21:28:00.000-07:002007-07-12T21:28:00.000-07:00Tyler, Here is an interesting foot note to your co...Tyler, Here is an interesting foot note to your comments on the povery in South Africa. As you may remember are current neighbors are from Denmark and they took a road trip around the Olympic Pennisula. And one of ther first comments was..."they noticed all the poverty."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700653748415689699noreply@blogger.com