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   "Ala"  wrote in   
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   > "halfawake"  wrote   
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   >>   
   >> Sudan has real slavery.  Cambodia and   
   >> Thailand have records of child   
   >> prostitution.  Nepal has records of   
   >> criminals capturing and selling women and   
   >> children.  China has forced prison labor   
   >> which amounts to institutionalized   
   >> slavery.  These are real.  The myths   
   >> about a "slavery society" in Tibet is   
   >> Chinese propaganda - no evidence that   
   >> this is or was the case.   
   >>   
   >> Robert   
   >>   
   >> = = = = = = =   
   >   
   > alexander pope, solitude   
   >   
   > I   
   > How happy he, who free from care   
   > The rage of courts, and noise of towns;   
   > Contented breathes his native air,   
   >     In his own grounds.   
   >   
   > II   
   > Whose herds with milk, whose fields with   
   > bread,   
   > Whose flocks supply him with attire,   
   > Whose trees in summer yield him shade,   
   >     In winter fire.   
   >   
   > III   
   > Blest! who can unconcern'dly find   
   > Hours, days, and years slide swift away,   
   > In health of body, peace of mind,   
   >     Quiet by day,   
   >   
   > IV   
   > Sound sleep by night; study and ease   
   > Together mix'd; sweet recreation,   
   > And innocence, which most does please,   
   >     With meditation.   
   >   
   > V   
   > Thus let me live, unheard, unknown;   
   > Thus unlamented let me dye;   
   > Steal from the world, and not a stone   
   >     Tell where I lye.   
   >   
   nice pome.  :-)   
      
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