That's what they want you to think. In fact, many people in many countries
fight oppression every day. Our government is just better at making us feel
useless than most. Hell, Russia and China are changing because the people
wanted change. We can't even put a president in the white house by popular
vote. In any other country, there would be riots in the streets, but in
America, we just Baaa and go about our lives.
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Justin Bengtson
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:15 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [EUG-LUG:1686] Re: Free Dmitry Sklyarov - Fight DMCA
>
>
> wow... EUGLUG 1984.
>
> the more you think about it, the more you realize you can't
> do anything
> about it.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jacob Meuser [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:18 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1685] Re: Free Dmitry Sklyarov - Fight DMCA
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 01:11:10PM -0700, Tim Howe wrote:
> > > I hope you are right. The current attitude in this country that
> > whatever a
> > > large corporation says is law scares the shit out of me...
> > >
> > I think you can trace this back to the 1920's and in particular the
> > Sect. of the Treas. at the time, Andrew Melon. I can't remember the
> > exact quote, but it goes something like this:
> > "The only true Americans are the industrial barons. They
> are the ones
> > who have worked hard to make America what is is."
> >
> > Other interesting notes on Andrew Melon:
> > He was the banker for du Pont, one of the first
> corporations in Ameirica.
> > The du Ponts made most of their money selling muntitions.
> (Their highest
> > profit margins of all time were during the Civil War.)
> >
> > He was responsible for what are known today as the FBI and the DEA.
> >
> > He was one of, if not THE wealthiest person in America
> when he was the
> > Treasury Secretary.
> >
> > Sorry for the history bit. I just wanted point out that corruption
> > is nothing new, and the US Gov't is VERY unwilling to admit that any
> > mistakes were ever made.
> >
> > > We have the most gullible and sheepish intellectual
> middle class in the
> > > world.
> > >
> > What do you expect, when our schools don't teach us to think, but to
> > repeat "The Truth". I find it amusing that Plato was
> mentioned in this
> > discussion. He said that to rule effectively, you had to propogate
> > a "Golden Myth", a story (read LIE) that people would
> believe, so that
> > they would happily go about their lives, and not cause
> problems (read
> > THINK FOR THEMSELVES). In America, we have the Myth of Celebrity,
> > the Myth of Wealth, and the ultra hippocritical Myth of
> Family Values.
> >
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