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Subject:	Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:44:42 GMT
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> > 32% of my countrymen > > support an attack on Iraq. I’d bet half of them could not find it on a map. > Your point about the 32% is quite valid, alas. I live in Pennsylvania and > once asked a 22-year-old woman where New York is, and she said "about three > hours away." So then I asked her what the capital of Harrisburg is, and she > said "come on--you know I don't know that stuff." I thought this was pertinent: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html "About 11 percent of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map. The Pacific Ocean's location was a mystery to 29 percent; Japan, to 58 percent; France, to 65 percent; and the United Kingdom, to 69 percent." I wonder if they'd dare send Bush the survey: http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,7371,519655,00.html More here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/archive/stevebell/0,7371,337764,00.html Scott A

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		Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it!
(...) I think these surveys are specifically geared to make American kids look dumb. They should change the survey. How about "Can you find the nearest Target(R) store on this map?" or "Which beer commercial is better?". Let's see other countries (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it!
(...) These appalling results were similar in the previous generation. I worked in the mapping business from 1990-1994 and there was no shortage of these articles wringing hands over the un-oriented college students of the 80s. University of (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: K, in even simpler terms, for those of us who hate seeing death and killings and such...
(...) "Care enough" is hard to quantify, but I really don't know what the average citizen can do. Even organizing a rally or a letter-writing campaign seems unworkable in the timeframe available, and we've already seen that Bush is happy to detain (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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