Posted by Free on November 29, 2010, at 21:15:57
In reply to Re: NEW poll of the day, posted by sigismund on November 24, 2010, at 14:39:13
>In Vietnam I could go to a cafe with a beautiful view and read Cormac McCarthy for an hour or two while drinking my Vietnamese rum. Then I would walk home. If I felt like it I would walk past a shop and there would be some lovely looking Vietnamese man. He would ask where I came from. I could count on a 90 minute conversation about the American War, the French War, the communist victory, life under communism, the ethics involved in dealing with a defeated enemy, what the takeover was like, corruption, was it all worth it, the roots of genocide.
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I loved reading this...sounds like something out of a beautiful novel. These are blissful moments that make life so worth it. Thanks for sharing, and transporting me to Vietnam for a moment. That was a nice break for me.
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