DS,

You have to realize that Enzo is from a different part of the world and sometimes the language barrier prevents him from clearly expressing what he is really trying to say in our language, and we misinterpret what he is really trying to convey. I've made that mistake myself in the past with him.

Now I don't agree with some of those statements myself, but at the same time I think that all he was really trying to say is that he feels for the poor of those other nations and it is his feeling that those who are more fortunate should be looking after those who are less fortunate. And that in itself is not a bad way to feel. That is somewhat true.

But I do believe, in regards to helping the poor and poverty stricken, that the head of a household must make sure that his OWN family is taken care of first and that his own house must be in order before he can start feeding and taking care of another house outside of his own. And that is where I agreed with Plaw's statement.

I have nothing against helping poverty stricken nations around the world. But at the same time I feel that there are poverty stricken and starving people right here in our own country that need to be taken care of first.

Enzo, what would you think of a person that would let his own family starve while going around feeding everybody else?

Don Cardi