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Of Toilet Paper, Escalators and Hope. All have finally come to Romania.

Asa scrie in WSJE de Sambata/Duminica trecuta domnul Kenny, Timothy Kenny. Omul a venit in Romania de vreo cateva ori in ultimii 14 ani si, din cate spune, ne'a urmarit evolutia de la nevertebrata (in cuvintele mele) la codobatura care suntem in prezent.

Ma rog, printre mai multe inexactitati (de pilda cea in care zice ca am trecut prin 500 ani de dominatie turceasca urmati de 4 decenii de comunism (ignorand totusi, probabil fara rea-vointa, cei 60 ani de independenta de la sfarsitul sec. 19 pana in anii '40 ai sec 20), omul listeaza cateva progrese care ne arunca in liga oamenilor pe-cale-sa-se-civilizeze.

Ei, da:

[...]The small signs are most telling. While here over the summer I no longer needed to carry toilet paper everywhere, as I did during my last visit in 2001. Today, escalators at metro stations in the now-privatized subway system work as well as they do in any big Western city, never the case before.[...]

[...]future is everywhere in Bucharest, from billboards touting a new condo-style housing project - the city's firs - to shops that sell a basic Lacose "alligator: knit shirt for $108[...]

Well, un articol pozitiv despre Romania. For a change -