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True -- if you're simply a tourist or someone who expects to stay but a few years at most. I think, though, that the thread is for those who have adopted Argentina as their homeland. Don't fault the Salvation Army! You as a member of the bourgeoisie may never have come to know much about the...

But, RR, isn't this why we're in Argentina -- to avoid doing something about the "fall of our [former] country"?

I agree, Igor. Civic betterment -- even the sense of "civis" at all -- starts within the individual and is sustainable only through him, not through enforcement from above.

True: not dead, not even moribund. It's the loss of honorable purpose that saddens me.

BigBad makes good points. The United States have become more a tumultuous unitary state comparable to ancient Rome in the third or fourth century than to anything closely resembling either its settlers' or its founders' ideals.

Good comments, John, with too little time for me to respond now. But I do want to mention that is not what America or "the American dream" is about. It was, instead, the reified belief that the common man can govern himself, free of prince or prelate and directly responsible to God, his...

But Denmark remains a cohesive society, John, with the great majority of the population actually Danes. This homogeneity has been lacking in the United States since the mid colonial period, three centuries ago. To substitute for ethnic identity, America adopted a more complex structure of a...

The populace has become too incohesive -- some don't even speak English, let alone subscribe to the formerly pervasive morality -- to give much effect to social pressure. They're so numerous in part because social pressure and some consciences are so weak; but law cannot substitute fully for...

When I first began to learn Spanish, I was given a dual-text Bible. It certainly helped: we all know some of the Bible, as it's a bedrock text of Western civilization, but having the English to refresh the memory was useful. I'd guess that any religious bookstore -- well, at the least, most...

Gross exaggeration lessens credibility, Mr. Marx.

Local color, perhaps?

I do hope that the little yellow cartoon is to indicate sarcasm.

I generally use Tienda León, though once or twice family have taken me or picked me up. Last year, travelling light (a single bag), I took the train from Constitución to Ezeiza and the 'bus from there to the airport; the fares totalled AR$3.60.

Interesting. I'm neither the author of this poll nor an Argentine lawyer, but my take would be to classify the taxista's ploy as theft, the ploy of the clerk of "Guatan" as theft again, and the rather shocking hold-up as outside the parameters of this poll (for taking place outside the C.F.)...

Many an Argentine of my acquaintance would say that these two words don't belong together. If they're correct, the answer to BB's question might be, "most".

"Doblaje" = "dubbing".

They might! More than one exchange rate exist simultaneously, and smaller sums can be bundled together to take advantage of better rates for larger sums -- a species of arbitrage. Differing rates can also be hedges against the future, an anticipation of rates that will favor the moneychanger.

I've heard that constitutional clause quoted so many times! I've assumed, perhaps wrongly, that legally prescribed procedures nevertheless exist for gaining residency (haven't we seen innumerable threads dealing with the subject in this very forum?), and that those who don't bother to follow...

Excellent thoughts, Nikad! I (a foreigner) would modify only to urge deportation of all illegal immigrants -- allowing the breaking of any law to go unredressed contributes to the flouting of all laws -- and to emphasize that governmental corruption must be rooted out through all means possible.

Thanks, Nappy! This is as close as I'll get to the exposition this year, I fear; but I'm encouraged to try my best to visit next time.