Ok, Jonsey, Mary Jackson, and james westlake: I know that people do not like to have their home (heart-home) countries ripped apart by foriegners… I certainly don’t and can understand that you wouldn’t either. Somehow, I don’t think Carol Gould is trying to shred your country, but point out that there are some serious questions about the choices that younger Brits are making today. France is terrified of the problems of alcoholism in British adolesents crossing the channel, it’s on the news quite often. I don’t doubt that life can be good in England, but I am sorry, the British expats here in SW France are getting younger and younger, have families, with young children who come here because life has become unliveable(sp?) in various parts of England. I am alone here, except for ULTRA rich AMerican lawyers, judges and so forth, in their second homes(like it was for Brits 15-20years ago), and Americans temporarily living here on American salaries. Ok the world hates the US for it’s standard of living and its freedoms, most people don’t even know what life is like in the US, outside of tilted reports and stupid outdated police shows…which is what you complain about in this blog, maybe everybody hasn’t a clue about the other side? I really enjoyed my stay in England, back in 1991, but everyone here tells me that it has so dramatically changed from then, so I am sorry for that. I am also glad that there are pockets of wonderfulness left where you three are, and we can hope then that the protests against these other idiots will maybe bring about some changes. However from what I can tell, there are more Europeans commenting here than Americans, except for kochevnik, and NO ONE knows where that person is, they aren’t even on topic…anyways, Susan glad to run into you again, and always with links to prove your points.
