Does 'foreign' exist any more?

in the age of the web.

[Essex_boy]

Over heard a conversation today in a supermarket between two ordinary housewives, both were discussing what they had recently bought on the web.

After saying I bought X, theyd finish by say it was from a site based in XYZ country.

After around 10 minutes I heard them mention several countrys far far away from here and, obviously, neither thought it out of the ordinary to buy from a strange land, or from someone they will never speak with.

Struck me the world has changed rapidly over the last ten years due to the web, breaking down barriers - just maybe.

[DamonHD]

Hi Essex_Boy,

Yes, I hope you're right! Xenophobia, protectionism (and hatred of garlic) was always ugly; maybe it is being seen as such by more people these days. <snip>

Rgds

Damon

[edited by: lawman at 9:54 pm (utc) on April 22, 2006]
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[zCat]

I'm a citizen of European country A, live in European country B, run websites targetted at Asian country C and have some of my income derived from a company in North American country D.