Comments on The Milk Bar: Disgusting Situations

actually i think your boss and his wive's expendit...

2009-07-11T10:25:16.926+10:00

actually i think your boss and his wive's expenditure is a net positive. sure they could donate it, but at least spending money in the local area will have some trickle down effect.

also donating money is fraught with er poss fraud or miss appropriation of some type or another.

generosity won't solve indonesia's problems, it may help a little, but the root causes are of course much deeper.

indonesian's need to seriously tackle them themselves.

An entire years rent in advance? Wow, That would n...

2009-07-11T09:26:55.230+10:00

An entire years rent in advance? Wow, That would never go over in the good ol' US of A.

Certainly puts things in perspective...

2009-07-11T07:11:54.860+10:00

Certainly puts things in perspective...

Some in close proximity can have varying levels of...

2009-07-11T05:37:13.692+10:00

Some in close proximity can have varying levels of wealth.

It's interesting to see how people in various cult...

2009-07-11T03:42:11.901+10:00

It's interesting to see how people in various cultures look at the relative cost of things. Many years ago (about 1981 or so) I hosted a young Polish fellow at my apartment in Berlin. He was new to the Capitalist West, and was admiring my stereo. An American might have asked, "how much did you pay for that?" My guest's question was, "how long did you have to work to buy that?" I thought it said a lot about the difference between our economic cultures.