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Seems I have stirred up a hornet's nest. I was merely commenting on the selfishness of playing incredibly loud music all night long. It seems to me that this would be inconsiderate anywhere in the world however on this website excuses are made for all sorts of rudeness. Whether Americans are...

Smoking is allowed at the "American Club"? That is surely because the club has been taken over by Argentines. I was there for an event at which the American ambassador was present. The ambassador spoke in Spanish! I could hardly find an English-speaker present! What a shame that the...

I'm afraid it is necessary to generalise as what I have stated regarding selfish behaviour is generally true. Yes, there are thoughtful people here however there is a disproportrionate number of people who simply do not care about their neighbours or the society in general. Something is...

I would have gone to the door of the flat to complain if it had been possible however the noise was coming from a building about a block away. It would have been very hard to figure out the flat # and even if I could have donme so I would not have been allowed in the building. With eregard to...

Oh, sorry. I thought respect and consideration were a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week thing. Now I get it: the rules are suspended on Friday afternoons. Anyway, I didn't sleep and now I have a headache. Will some respectful person be coming over to look after me?

4:23 AM, One of the most expensive parts of town. I have my windows closed and the ac on even though it's cool outside - trying to snuff out the wretched disco music being blasted from someone's flat a block away. If I am suffering at this distance, imagine the neighbours nearby! Even if I...

Argentines know little to nothing about Asia. They persist with an old fashioned Eurocentric focus that largely excludes a desire to catch up on what is going on in Asia. Few here, for example, have any idea of India's economic progress. They are invariably astonished to learn that India...

I believe you will be treated well because you will be seen as an American. Although there is some "anti Americanism" among a few intellectuals and politicians, on the whole Argentines have quite a lot of respect for Americans (and Europeans). They have far less respect for people from the...

There are a few positive signs that things are getting better- the restaurants and cafes I have been going to are still smoke free. I see an occssional dog owner cleaning up after his pet on the street. At the same time I have to agree with JG. Some of the readers of this column will no doubt...

I agree with your comments about basic courtesy. You did not comment, however, on my remark that Argentine Spanish is full of expletives and vulgaritries. The kind of crude speech that is now commonly heard here used to be limited to the uneducated, thus the astonishment of my friend who had...

I'm all for the smoking ban...I am baffled though by your comments regarding "polite" Argentine Spanish. Do you speak Spanish? The truth is it has become coarse and full of expletives. That wa sthe first comment made by a friend who had been away for a decade. He was astonished by the...

I believe this event is attended mostly by Lincoln school people.

Yes, if democracy were instituted overnight there would be instances of fundamnentalsts being elected. Nevertheless, it is a reasonable objective of the US and Western nations in general to push the Middle East toward greater respect fpr human rights, rights for women, and more democratic...

When I used the word `"evil" it was in reference to the position of many extremists in the US and elsewhere who think in black and white terms. Foreign policy by its very nature is self serving - it must be. However, a nation's foreign policy can be self serving and benevolent at the same...

The debate concerning WHY there is a war in Iraq will go on and on. I believe there were many reasons ... the legitamite desire to spread democracy to the Middle East, thereby defusing fundamentalist Islam, a response to Israeli pressures, concern about the oil supply, etc. As for US...

Interesting article - but how reliable is it? I don't care for Bush's foreign policy but I am not sure I can attribute it to mental illness, just poor judgment.

What's a little signature on some dumb document? This is Argentina! Anyway, what really matters is that people don't eat beef. Just ask K.

Interesting comments, Harold. In fairness to "fundamentalists", they would say that what matters is the authority of the BIBLE, not the authority of the individual. Of course there are somtimes differences as to what the Bible actually says. Regarding divorce, the Bible is really quite clear...

Yes, of course...K. is working on it! The rest of the world had better look out. One little irritation, and poof! K. doesn't fool around!

Harold, you state that opposition to divorce is not “theological”. You are mistaken. The Catholic Church forbids divorce because Jesus prohibits it - see Luke chapter 16, verse 18 where Jesus says "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who...