Yeah yeah yeah. I know all about that.

I'm talking about Americans.

Things are different in other countries. WAY different.

Scott
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"The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very  
first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to  
decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or  
newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to  
prefer the latter."
       ---Thomas Jefferson

On May 1, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Theresa Kehoe wrote:

>
> On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 10:38 -0500, Scott Granneman wrote:
>> In those limited cases, sure.
>>
>> But c'mon, that's the way the world is headed. Sure, it's slower in
>> some places than others. But digital distribution over the Net is the
>> eventual goal for everything that can be digitally distributed over
>> the Net.
>>
>> If you don't believe me, ask someone who works at a newspaper or
>> magazine.
>
> That may be the way the world is headed, but it is far from being  
> there.
> Look at it this way:
>
> EARTH STATUS REPORT - 2006
>
> If the population of the Earth was reduced to that of a small town  
> with
> 100 people, it would look something like this:
>
> 57% Asians
> 21% Europeans
> 14% Americans (Northern AND Southern)
> 8% Africans
>
> 52% women
> 48% men
>
> 70% colored-skins
> 30% Caucasians
>
> 89% heterosexuals
> 11% homosexuals
>
> 6 people would own 59% of the whole world wealth and all of them  
> will be
> from the USA.
>
> 80% would have bad living conditions.
>
> 70% would be uneducated.
>
> 50% would be underfed.
>
> 1 would die ... 2 would be born.
>
> 1 would have a computer.
>
> 1 (only one) will have higher education.
>
> If there is food in your refrigerator, you have shoes and clothes, you
> have a bed and a roof, then you are richer than 75% of the people in  
> the
> world.
>
> If you have a bank account, money in your wallet and some coins in the
> money-box, you belong to the 8% of the people in the world who are
> well-to-do.
>
> So ......... for 99 out of 100 people worldwide, "digital  
> distribution"
> is when you use all your fingers to hand something out.
>
> Theresa
>
>
> >


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