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- From: d9bertil@dtek.chalmers.se (Bertil Jonell)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.canada
- Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)
- Message-ID: <C1IH0o.MJx@news.chalmers.se>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 11:53:11 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.151010.17928@acuson.com> <1993Jan22.220321.8579@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> <1993Jan26.114023.28748@adobe.com>
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- In article <1993Jan26.114023.28748@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
- >Americans look at other countries and see things by which
- >Americans are not constrained:
- >
- >Official state religions
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- I'd rather live in a secularized country with a state religion than in a
- religious country without a state religion.
-
- >Mandatory government/military service
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- It teaches people how to handle guns, and handle themselves around guns,
- and is IMHO the single greatest factor in the difference in murder statistics.
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- >Unreasonable (to Americans) search and seizure in the name of
- >public safety
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- Like no-knock searches?
-
- >Curtis Jackson '91 Black Lab/Blue Heeler "Studley Doright"
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- -bertil-
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