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March 14th, 2007 issue

On the rails

It’s not just annoying for business (“Electric slide,” Business, March 7–13).
The last time (and it will be the last time) I traveled from Germany to the Czech Republic, I bought a first-class ticket. Unfortunately, first class in the ČR means third-world class anywhere else. The train to the German border was magnificent, excellent food, seating and service and then I had to change in Regensburg.
What a shock. An old rattler with no luggage space, windows that had been graffitied to death and a trip that would make a fine script for any B-grade horror movie. All that and I got to pay top price. Excellent value for money — not. Never again. Give me planes any day!
Lydia Kacer
Canberra
In the air
While it may be partially true that there is a degree of corruption in Czech (and any other) government (“Gripen corruption probe deepens,” News, March 7–13), that fact alone does not absolve foreign firms from offering bribes of any kind to help ensure contracts for their products.
It probably is a fact of life that they are doing that, but all possible must be done to prevent unfair competition from providing advantage via human greed.
So, sure, prosecute corruption on the local level — with no regard for the position of the offending person — but also prosecute the bribing party to the full extent of legal possibilities.
Jiri Hubacek
Victoria, Canada
Across the sea
President Václav Klaus was interviewed on National Public Radio while in Washington during his U.S. visit (“Klaus in U.S. for talks on ČR base,” News, Mar. 7–13).
Unfortunately, like many in the Bush administration who are currently in denial concerning global warming and climate change, Klaus shares their myopic opinion. His comments dismissing the documentation and credibility of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Summary Report and its authors because the “full report has not yet been written” is one of the lamest excuses that I have heard yet.
When will these presumptuous politicians realize that they do not possess the legislative power to repeal the laws of physics?
Roger Patocka
Estherville, Iowa, U.S.A.
Right next door
Europeans still have a long way to go toward understanding each other (“Different worlds(?)” Opinion, March 7–13). It was only in America that I learned to judge a person by not where they’re from or by the color of their skin but by their character, their intelligence and their abilities.
Sadly, many people in the Czech Republic and other places in Europe still haven’t learned this.
Peter Zamfir
Sanford, Florida, U.S.A.


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