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Subject:	Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
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Date:	Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:57:34 GMT
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Sproaticus wrote: > I can explain it for you, once we all agree upon the definition of "for". > :-P > > It's a scary statistic that there are more, ahh, minorities on death row in > the U.S. than there are, ahh, majorities. I'm hinting at the various social > and economic and regional situations which may or may not have eventually > sent these people to be executed. Get close, get really, really close.... OK? Maybe <shrudder> there are more "minorities" committing capitol crimes than "majorities", whatever that means. > > (I believe) Chris is alluding to the "cultural cleansing" of the Aboriginal > people by the colonial settlers of Australia, driven by a mindset which is > all too often reveled in even today. It happens pretty much the same way > here in the States, and at quite a few other places as well. > > I lived at Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands for most > of my life, and I personally witnessed the American policy of corrupting and > destroying an indeginious culture for their own purposes. Is this a fact, is it somewhere on the web, or do you have references for actual U.S. policies, i.e. House Bill 98-205? Or is this another IMHO or something. I have heard about how "evil" the US has been in just about every faucet of life, but I never hear of the former USSR, Europe, etc. Why is that? The US has made mistakes, it is not perfect, but I am still glad I live here. Scott S. > > “The more people I meet, the more I like my Lego collection.” > > Good quote. Thanks, I feel that even more as I venture too far off Lugnet. > Cheers, > - jsproat > > -- > Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/ -- Scott E. Sanburn CADD Operator, CADD Systems Administrator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI Work Page: http://www.aeieng.com/ Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/~legoguy712/index.html Lego Page: http://www.geocities.com/~legoguy712/legoindex.html “The more people I meet, the more I like my Lego collection.”

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		Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
(...) c /capitol/capital/ and... Per capita, yes. But that doesn't explain the disparity in sentencing. This is one where I am with the modern Liberals. There IS something wrong. I can't explain exactly why, I have my pet theories (one I like is the (...) (27 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
(...) But don't you ever ask why?!? Jeez, what, are you happy with those numbers? (...) I'm so glad you asked. :-, Grab a chair, because this will take a while. I can't speak for anyone else, but I pick on the U.S. because I live there. I really (...) (27 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
(...) But Mr President.... (...) It means that the only capitol crimes that are being committed are in the white house;-) -John (...) (27 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
Please, people, maybe I don't catch this stuff, but paraphrasing and hinting on a subject where some people have no clue, I think you better state, clearly, what you are talking about. Man, it is like trying to dissect what Bill Clinton is lying (...) (27 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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