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Re: Tribute to Sept 11, 2001
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:28:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> However, I found it very difficult to reconcile my own personal experiences
> and interactions with the the main "news" networks' view of the world. I
> found that on the days running up to Sept 11 they continually switched
> directly between stoking paranoia, speculating on the Iraq situation,
> plucking 911 heartstrings, "paying tribute to the dead" and showing slow
> motion footage of death and destruction from 911.
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> I know I can be cynical at times, but is this really what the American
> Public wants?
It's exactly what the American Public wants. You have to remember that the
Americans you are used to debating on Lugnet have, on the average, an IQ
about fifty points higher than that of the general American Public (and
about 70 points higher than that of our president). So I'm not surprised
at your surprise....
Maggie C.
> Scott A
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> [PS Electronics Boutique in the Portlamd Lloyd Centre has an RIS 1.5 for
> US$80.]
[Hope you managed to bring a few home with you!]
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| I spent the last week or so working in NW USA. During my time there I spent some time with a few of the people I met mulling over the events of the previous year, and what the future may hold. On the morning of Sept 11 I took time out to attend a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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