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Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:46:40 GMT
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JSPROAT@avoidspamIO.COM
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Maybe I'm just having a bad day...
Ensio Tammi wrote:
> <skip>
> > PS. Why don't Europeans like us? I've heard this before, but never
> > understood why.
> Try to explain to an European what the creationists are doing right now in
> the Kansas, for example?
huh?
What, growing wheat? It's a disgrace, I know, but SOMEONE has to rake in
the big bucks...
> We have to go centuries back when church (religion)
> has such a power here (at least in the Northern Europe).
Such a shame. The world is much more flavorful when you mix in a good
dosage of religion with secularism. Makes for better sit-coms, too.
> How bout the late shooting issues in kinder kardens and schools?
<SARCASM>
They were pre-schoolers, actually. And it's funny how the news in Europe
always neglects to mention the ice-picks, chain-saws, and vials of anthrax.
</SARCASM>
How about the recent mass-murderer loose in Germany? How about the guy who
freaked out a couple of weeks back in England, stabbing an elderly man
(fatally) and a father and child (grievously) in a random fashion? How
about the recent shooting war in Kosovo? It's my understanding that these
phenomenon are not restricted to the U.S.
> How many years it has passed when all U.S. citizens got equal rights?
(again I must exclaim) huh?
How many years since? Well, it's a process, you see. By some peoples'
definition, we started the ball rolling around 1776-ish, gave it a good kick
around the 1860s, nudged it again in the 1960s, and in general have been
facing a series of achievements and setbacks ever since. Now, for folks on
the other side of the puddle, I can think back to more recent events in
Europe where basic human rights were fairly expensive...
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Darth Maul Lives
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| Sproaticus wrote <37C57D80.330C3CEB@io.com>... <snip> (...) My point was the really young age. Nowhere (alltough I don't have any hard facts) is the number of murders done by young ones so high than in U.S. You should really ask yourself what's (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| <skip> (...) Try to explain to an European what the creationists are doing right now in the Kansas, for example? We have to go centuries back when church (religion) has such a power here (at least in the Northern Europe). How bout the late shooting (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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