Original Message: ----------------- From: Brian 'balistic' Prince [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:39:32 -0700 To: [email protected] 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... -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
