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(URL) on George Carlin to point out the hipocracy of American society. Maybe if the US government stopped perpetuating the cycle of fear we all be better off. -Orion (20 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not sure how to resolve the conflicts in the subject header, the actual article, the inferences you draw from it, and Carlin's conclusion, "Society can be counted on to let this fade." :-) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually I'm keying in on these statesment in particuler: "The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things -- bad language and whatever -- it's all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There is nothing new in Washington using "fear" to make you a good American. If you read about the work of Edward Bernays, you will see that it is the fear of communism & non-conformity which has been the basis of the economic prosperity of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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