Re: [MEDIA]: USA vs UK

From: -randy (cryo-fan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2003 - 19:46:47 MDT

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    On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 20:59:13 -0700, you wrote:

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    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]
    >On Behalf Of Samantha Atkins
    >
    >The first notion that we Americans have an overblown respect for
    >authority
    >really is a shocker though. We'uns fairly well invented disrespect for
    >governmental authorities and threw a successful revolution to underline
    >the
    >point and supposedly formed governing documents precisely to limit and
    >constrain such authority and keep it out of folks' hair as much as
    >possible.

    The article was mainly about the way that American media is respectful
    (read in cahoots) with the govt. Read the Brit medua and compare
    them to American. "Respectful" is the perfect word.

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    -Randy



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