It's so rare to see you engaged in a discussion about anything even remotely political...so....I can't resist!
On 30 Oct 2002 at 10:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > All of this is VERY true, Brenda...as I said they are VERY complex > issues. Unfortunately it is very easy to forget that there is still > rural and agrarian sectors of our economy that continue to be > decimated by the decrease of manufacturing and farming in this > country. It's certainly not easy for me to forget. My own family was "family farm" but that ended for us years ago. And I grew up in Cleveland in the 70's and '80's. I saw firsthand the blighted landscape of cold, closed steel mills. I know what that decimation is like. Not every citizen (in fact, only a small minority) can be a > contributor to 'intellectual properties'. Says who? Intellectual property is a huge part of our economy and plays a role in most of our employers - public and private. There may be a smaller group who will OWN intellectual property but that doesn't mean a larger group can't create it or work in the field. Also, we're probably past > the top of the bell curve in terms of the "information revolution", What do you mean by this? Frankly, I think the information revolution has really only just begun. How many people here owned a personal computer 20 years ago - 1982? > and will eventually need to return to the production of more tangible > goods. > Why? What is this need based on? Brenda -------------------------------------------- "Radio has no future" - Lord Kelvin, 1897
