The Logic Off Topic list

At 3:17 AM -0400 10/10/01, Teddy Kumpel wrote:
>That said, I am American. I don't believe in everything (or hardly anything,
>for that matter) my government does supposedly on my behalf. Heck, my
>candidates never get even close to winning elections. I am pretty pissed
>about how the media controls Americans

But they clearly don't control *you*.

This reminds me of the statistics where most people rate their 
driving abilities as "above average".


>and how our corporate society has
>gone so far from morality and safe judgement.

Implying that there was a time when we had better judgement.

>I think the bulk of Americans
>are pretty innocent, very naive, relatively happy even without a lot of
>money and very giving and good people. I also think that about Europeans,
>Mexicans, Pakistanis and Koreans, by the way. Maybe I'm naive too...

I agree.  I think a measure of the times is how much importance 
people can place on simple luxuries like for example the next logic 
update, a new computer for their kid, or a little vacation with their 
girlfriend.  And I pray, in an agnostic kind of way, for a speedy 
return to the  petty  values that seemed so important two months ago.

BTW I recently read a fascinating book called MacAurthor American 
Ceasar .  It was amazing to me because of the fact that so much 
history could revolve around the will of a single individual.

I guess that's what we are seeing again.
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