"And I've also enjoyed those cuisines you and FT mention - DURING MY TRAVELLING - which was, in hindsight, the eco-travel/eco-tourism you questioned."

Well, how lovely for you, WAV!

Within walking distance or easy driving distance of where I live, there are a number of ethnic restaurants: three Chinese (not "chop suey" and "chow mein" joints, each serves authentic cuisine from a different part of China), Thai, Indian, two Mexican restaurants, two Italian, one Greek, restaurants that feature foods of other Mediterranean countries—a whole United Nations General Assembly of cuisines available to me and others who live where I do.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people in this world who cannot afford to go to Iran for luleh kebabs or Spain for paella or Turkey for babaganoush or Thailand for tom yum kung or Brazil for caruru do par. According to you, the right to enjoy the variety of the world's provender should be limited to those who can afford to indulge in eco-travel/eco-tourism. And everyone else (at least your fellow English) should stay home and dine on the legendary English "cuisine" of fifty years ago (which—I have been told—consisted of boiling the flavor out of everything)!

That is, at the very least, elitist!

"However, trying to have a multiple number of cultures living under the one state law will always cause problems - the UN should agree to stop economic/capitalist immigration/emigration (including the American Green Card lottery system) FROM NOW ON. Further, it IS much more difficult for tourists to terrorize."

In addition to being blatantly inaccurate, the level of bigotry betrayed by this statement is shocking. This is the sort of stuff spouted by Southern rednecks and neo-Nazis.

And if you knew anything about the United Nations at all, you would know that what you would have them do regarding immigration/emigration just isn't ever going to appear on their agenda.

Incredible!

Don Firth