Republican-ji, Maybe you do, but some of us do NOT live in an EITHER-OR world, as in 'either you are for this or you are against this' world. Some of us live in an "AND THAT TOO" world. Please allow me to explain. One can surely and sincerely wish, as all HAVE done above, these three ladies well and the organization Help Nepal all the best. AND, AND and AND Having wished one's best, one can THEN carry on with public conversations about what else out there might "help" Nepal. It is in the spirit of AND THAT TOO that the conversations above flowed easily. Now will everyone agree with everything's that written/commented on above? No. Should they? No. But should there be room for different/tangential/variously-angled views on this and other topics? Yes. Should having such room make the marathon runners' work any less significant? No. So? Republican-ji, live in an "and that too" world; and give up viewing the world in an "either this or that" tone. People are just sharing views -- NOT imposing them on others -- and reasonable people always have differences of opinions on just about everything everywhere. oohi ashu