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Old 11-09-2003, 03:41 PM   #46
Timber Loftis
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Join Date: July 11, 2002
Location: Chicago, IL
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People in third world countries have it a hell of a lot worse than even the poorest of people in the Western World.
You might want to qualify this. Dubai, for instance, is a 3rd world country, but happens to float on oil, and has the world's only 7-star hotel.... for those who can afford it. It's built on a man-made island 1/4 mile off the coast, to keep the regular rabble away, of course. Maybe I'll link some of the pictures of the opulent gold-gilded spas, pools, and stairwells inside the skyscraper, all in traditional Islamic opulence style.

Just pointing out that in those 3rd world countries, things would often be a lot better if the majority of the wealth was not centered in a few. I've met people from Nigeria who own 5 Mercedes, and people from Nigeria who own basically nothing.
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