Hi,<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Russell Coker <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:russell@coker.com.au" target="_blank">russell@coker.com.au</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div id=":7p">Knowing someone from another country is such a wrong way of supporting an<br>
argument that&#39;s it&#39;s not funny.</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>I _lived_ with these wonderful and diverse people...sometimes for many weeks at a time , many times over a 6 year period, and in some case so did my 3 young kids and wife. We were PNG residents based in Lae. We did it on their terms and in their context.</div>
<div>Vanimo, Wabag, Tari, Mendi, Kainantu, Mt Hagen, Garoka, Wau, Salamua ......</div><div><br></div><div>I put it to you that you are pontificating from a first world perspective with little or no knowledge of the realities in this world.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Your blurt of &quot;facts&quot;  here is narcissism and self interest of the highest order.</div><div>Suggest you read this excellent piece to get some clue:</div><div><a href="http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-last-laughing-death/470/">http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-last-laughing-death/470/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Descriptions of village life and the social context are some of the best I have read on the subject.</div><div><br></div><div>BW</div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div>