If we were to address human rights abuses, we're one of the tops when it comes to abusing, and rationalizing and perpetuating (almost said "defending") those abuses. Its core to our government, core to our economy, and core to our infrastructure. We Americans are reared to be the most amazingly arrogant, sanctimonious, and prudish creatures on the planet, even after repeated bloody noses on the global stage have shown us that isn't the way to go. Sure, we have superb resources, technology and production. However, at the core, we're still human -- no one of us innately better than a Kurdish shepherd. We still want to think we are though, but where does that kind of attitude get us? Cheers... Ed San Antonio, Tx, USA [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef]