Collins Richey wrote:
On 6/10/05, R. Quenett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ps. I'm curious, do you have a guess as to what the percentage of
the Americans in agreement with the young Germans might be?
I don't have a clue, but I hear this kind of crap all the time.
I think I am more fortunate, but sometimes I am not so sure. I got rid
of the television in the house almost ten years ago. I sometimes listen
to NPR when I an in the car and not on two meters. I read the front
pages of the Wall Street Journal, (I hope to go back to working with
people who read that newspaper when I graduate.), I listen to BBC World
and some CBC and German news outlets. I think of myself as pretty well
informed. Not so.
I just took a ethics class, "Contemporary Moral Problems" and, while I
knew most of the facts about what was going on in the world, the spin
that most of the class accepted went from the alarming to the insane.
It was sad what they did not know, and the context for what they did
know was highly suspect.
I shouldn't blame the media, but it is hard not to. After three weeks
with the class for several hours every morning every day, I am ready to
get back to news I think is truly important. Like, what is Apple
doing?!? What retard is going to buy a new Power box when Apple boxen
tend to stay in use for many years? Will SCO ever produce evidence?
Can I ever get my gentoo box upgraded? Important stuff!
-- Alma
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