----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: Re: The United States of America has gone mad
> Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 07:59:27PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > John le Carr� > > > > > I agree that freedoms are being eroded and that it needs to be > > stopped. But why not list the problems and discuss address them > > specifically instead of making exagerated statements like this: > > > > > The combination of compliant US media and vested corporate interests > > > is once more ensuring that a debate that should be ringing out in > > > every town square is confined to the loftier columns of the East Coast > > > press. > > Le Carr� doesn't *know* what's going on in every town square, now, does > he? > > I mean, I'm observing debate all *over* the place. Mostly on the 'net, > because I don't get out to see people to have reasonable adult > conversations often enough, but I'm seeing (and to a limited extent, > participating in) lots of debate. > > And how many US newspapers does he read, to see what's all over the > editorial pages in places other than the East Coast, by people in other > parts of the country? For just one, is he reading any Molly Ivins? She > sure as heck isn't part of the East Coast press, unless by virtue of > syndication her columns end up somewhere there. (A writer writing for a > Texas paper, living in Texas, doesn't count as East Coast in *my* > book!) I bet if you looked at all the editorial pages in all the Texas > papers this month, and just looked at columns by people in Texas, you'd > see a fair amount said. > > Based on just my own experience, that sentence is inaccurate, and this > reflects poorly on the rest of the piece. If I find him in one > exaggeration, if not outright untruth, then how far can I trust him > about the things I don't know as much about? > I hope no one thinks that I agree with all the things I post. Sometimes I just find them interesting or provacative. xponent Splatterpost Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
