Louis Blair asked:

"I, for one, would be glad to see more of what
goes on in other countries. Why is there not
more from other countries?"


I have seen some chess discussion here from posters who were
obviously not Americans. The problem is, their comments and the
replies always seem to degenerate into political battles regarding
America's foreign affairs (i.e. wars). What Nick Bourbaki has called
jingoist Americans all gang up on the poor loner, and he soon tires of
fighting off the attacks.

Another issue is that many foreigners do not speak (or write) English
as a first language, if at all.

And of course, the main reason we don't see more postings here by
non-Americans is that in other countries, people actually have to
*work* for a living. That's right, forty hours is not the end of their
work week; and when they get home they don't park the Lexus in the
2-car garage, turn on their 52 inch Sony TV, and then boot up their
notebook computer to check how their Google stock is doing. Instead,
they do laundry, wash dishes (yes, by hand), and even cook their own
food! Is the floor dirty? Then grab a broom -- not a Hoover
self-propelled Super-dooper vacuum with built-in DVD player....