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To suggest that as a result of accident of birth, everybody should be required to have the strength of character of an Aung San Suu Kyi, is a pretty high standard to hold people to. She won a Nobel Prize because she's exceptional. I do think there's validity to your point that we also have to...

Yes, true. The couple I live with are very interesting in their differing perspectives. His Mum is very high up in "the Party", and whilst I get the impression his rural family are still quite poor, they're less poor than the other people in their remote village and think their life is quite...

Yes, it all makes sense when viewed in context. ;) But like you, I couldn't live with myself doing this, either. (And nor could my Vietnamese friends, but they don't find it as horrifying a practise as I do.) And yes, I'm sure many of them will close shop in about 18 months or so. The...

Congratulations, Graemsay! Re the "easier for hairdressers than academics"... that's definitely true. Here's a well-known racket in the Vietnamese community a few years ago (and probably Chinese etc, but I know Vietnamese who've done this)... You have no special skills yourself, but you're...