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Article #23Re: You can fool some of the people some of the time
From: Roy Millar
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:07
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:07
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In article <1992Apr9.174950.29247@unixg.ubc.ca>
buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes:
> One week ago yesterday, the Vancouver Province carried the following
> on page 3:
>
> NDP BILL PROPOSES CULTURAL CONTROL
> Big Brother will soon be watching over culture in B.C.
[hoax deleted]
What makes this sort of thing possible is the feeling in peoples'
minds that those set in authority over us (by us?) are perfectly
capable of such extremes - regardless of their political persuasion.
Or at least that is how I see it.
Sad, if I am correct, and sadder still if the presumed general
perception is justified.
--
| He had bought a large map representing the sea,
Roy Millar | Without the least vestige of land,
| And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
| A map they could all understand. - L. Carroll.
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Newsgroups: bc.general,can.general,soc.culture.canada Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!news.UU.NET!van-bc!cynic!rmillar From: rmillar@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Roy Millar) Subject: Re: You can fool some of the people some of the time Organization: Rarely Distribution: canada Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:07:21 GMT Message-ID: <1992Apr10.190721.9933@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca> References: <1992Apr9.174950.29247@unixg.ubc.ca> Lines: 26