DDB said: >It's going strong *here*, and in a lot of third-world places, but it's >remarkably dead throughout the rest of the developed world. We're >kind of an outlier. Yeah, but the rest of the developed world (Europe, yes?) only represents a few percent of humankind. You apparently believe that they indicate the direction that the rest of us are going in; given enough time and resources. Maybe. You've made me curious, though. What is *their* answer to "why, why, why?" Mia