Re: Australia cf. USA

Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 12:43:58 +0000

It's not as if I go out of my way to pick on Mike Lorrey, but...

At 12:52 PM 11/21/98 -0500, you wrote:

>Huh, I guess your PR up here misrepresents you. Then again, to an
American, being
>a subject of anybody is almost as bad as being a prisoner....

It's not so bad. We, like everyone else in the world, still have the benefit of American values. Consider:

On today's CNN net poll:

Should the U.S. try to topple the Iraqi

                  government? 

                  Yes, it's
                  time for a
                  new
                  leader. 
                                                 64% 
                                                                7137 votes 
                  No, Iraq
                  is a
                  sovereign
                  country. 
                                             36% 
                                                                4090 votes 
                                                        Total:  11227 votes 

(nerds just like to have fun, maybe, but it's a bit of a worry...)

Damien Broderick