Before my wife and I left England, to come to live in Spain, I used to log on to a chat room on Cheetahchat, where I made many American friends. A chat room ( or a blog) is a microcosm of life outside; is a mirror image of the wider world, so of course, there were some sad and inadequate people in the chat room, with many problems. There were also a few people propagating extremist political and religious views, but these were a tiny minority; the general atmosphere being a relative contentment... Sign in to see full entry.