Re: Australia cf. USA

From: Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Nov 22 1998 - 05:43:58 MST


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



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