[theFIRMbss]

>some missive from the Clinton bowels of the Clinton State Department is supposed to be the authoritatvive end all be all discussion stopper?

Um, no, it wasn't.
It was just meant to point out
that third world countries

already suspect
devious stuff's happening
and stories like this

which seem to be true
make Westerners look as weird
as the myths promote.

[tallhappy]

I missed your line that said, "maybe it is not a myth."

In 10 years it goes from widely unbelieved urban myth sort of thing to being advertised openly by companies like the one in Malibu.