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Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:33:20 GMT
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Is it possible to move this discussion solely to the debate area?
Thanks,
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org>
To: lugnet.general@lugnet.com <lugnet.general@lugnet.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
>
> >
> > Richard is right. We do whine a lot......
>
> I agree as well and that is probably one of the reasons many people dislike
> Americans. We rarely take a Global view and are for the most part more
> concerned about ourselves and rarely think outside of the bounds of the • USA.
> That being said the USA also seems to have become the worlds "police". • Whether
> this is a good thing or not is debatable. In many cases it could be said • that
> we only take on the causes that effect our economy (See Iraq). We do • however
> also help out when human rights are involved (See Bosnia) although that was • a
> little late in coming I think. We also send help when disastar strikes • (See
> Turkey) along with a great many other contries.
>
> <snip>
>
> > So yeah, we (USA) should be more sensitive to what is going on in the rest • of
> > the world.
> > Are we luckier? Is there is a price to pay for our cheap gas?. Yes, • there is
> > a price. To use the vernacular, "our roads suck!" We may have cheap gas
> > prices, but we make up for them in more frequent auto repair (now there's
> > something to whine about!).
>
> There are many things you could throw in here such as we get an average of • 2
> weeks vacation where Europeans get an average of 4.
>
> Our foods are bland and more geared toward quick preperation then quality.
>
> We have to listen to every little problem one of our leaders has with their
> personal lives while most of the world sits by watching and laughing at us • for
> concerning ourselves with such issues.
>
> <snip>
>
> All that being said however I am very happy to live in the USA and feel • very
> fortunate. As I have stated before however I do wish we as a society would • pay
> more attention to world issues other than Wars and Natural Disastars. • There is
> alot more happening out in the world that deserves our attention as well.
>
> I have been trying to take a more worldly view and I admit it is hard • sometimes
> because the American media does not focus on world issues other than Wars • and
> Natural Disastars for the most part so we have to look elsewhere for our • news.
> Fortunately the internet is such a tool and it is not hard to find very
> interesting international news on the net. We just need to start reading • more
> of it.
>
> We are to geared towards "sound-bites" and not towards real news stories • and
> that needs to change.
>
> <responses sent to off-topic.debate>
>
> Eric
>
> Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
>
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