06/06/2002 10:17 AM > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Brian 'balistic' Prince [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:39:32 -0700 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re[2]: [313] submerge.panel > > > Wednesday, June 05, 2002, 12:17:08 PM, a knob was tweaked and out came: > >>> technology hasn't changed dick. People have simply NEVER been equal. the >>> haves vs the have-nots has always been there, and in many cases to a worse >>> degree than it is now. slavery? caste systems? serfs? I'm sure someone >>> would argue that we're all slaves now to corporations, but life in general >>> for the entire world is better now than it was even 200 years ago, and i can >>> only see it continuing to get better BECAUSE of technology. > > LKS> how would you measure this? > > Average life expectancy, infant mortality rates, literacy, et cetera. > > > uhm...so do you believe the most country that is the most technologically > advanced, the US, is sitting on top of these statistics because it's not > > in my old neighborhoold of west philadelphia the infant mortality rate > approached those of 3rd world countries....these are the sorts of facts that > have people protesting > > you wanna know who has one of the best health care systems..cuba ..and that is > _despite_ us embargos on supplies... > > >>>The dutch are actually better tha n the cuba ns (ps no o ne is swimmi ng 90 miles from Holla nd or the US a nywhere to escape political oppression. Who wants to live forever (repressed)???? As a canadia n I have been there, have you? (Just curious). > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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