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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't say I "rule them out" - but I find that most people who don't leave this country are pretty ignorant about things that go on in this world.  They will spend thousands of dollars on "organic" (yes, that is meaning to mock") mac N cheese powdered process cheese a year, while there are children who go without clean water.  There are arguments every day on DCUM about how there are the "harms" of battery powered flashing toys - when some children play with sticks and rocks.

It's hard to be friends with people who have so much and take so much for granted every day and choose to be ignorant to the world around them.  I have a lot and am greatful for it, but I think it is my job to teach my daughter that she has a greater duty to this world.  That there are people with less - and I don't mean people with food stamps who get to eat - I mean people who walk 10 miles a day to fill a bucket of clean water for their children to drink.

THAT is what I can't be friends with people who don't invest in the world around them.  Because they don't invest in me.[/quote]

So what are your vacations like to these parts of the world?  When you take a vacation with people who have to walk 10 miles a day to fill a bucket of clean water to drink, I wonder what your day is like?  Do your children go with you and then play with the other children with sticks and rocks?
Just curious what those trips are like.
(yes, this is meaning to mock.)
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+1  I totally agree.  OP you are clearly  crazy.  So, you won't be friends with someone who takes vacations in Florida because that means they buy organic mac and cheese and don't realize people walk 10 miles a day for clean water, but people who go skiing in the swiss alps, see the museums in Spain, and dine in France are more aware of those that don't have clean water or play with sticks and rocks?  Yeah, THAT makes sense.  :roll: [/quote]

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