[goldstategop]

Western liberals want Romanian peasants to remain in a 19th century existence so they can congratulate themselves on preserving "pristine" rural values. Never mind if the people who live there want to find a better life for themselves. Keeping them where they are is for their own good.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[socialismisinsidious]

In the Michael Criton book: State of Fear (great book, recommend it)....one character - a limousine, environweenie liberal is totally clueless when he comes upon a "quaint" village and he argues that the natives are peaceful and living in harmony...blah, blah, blah without all the trappings of(electricity, running water)and interference from the western world......he is so stupid that he believes this nonsense right up until the moment they begin to eat him alive.