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Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)

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From: Bertil Jonell
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 11:53
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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

  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

  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.

>Unreasonable (to Americans) search and seizure in the name of
>public safety

  Like no-knock searches?

>Curtis Jackson			'91 Black Lab/Blue Heeler "Studley Doright"

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Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)
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