Re: ASCII Art Fart for Thu, 2004 Nov 25
Simon Williams wrote: > ABCGi <abc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > <snip> > >>I've heard the idea that one earns a right to vote somehow, by >>demonstrating awareness or whatever. I thought as the internet rose the >>level of "informed" people would grow, but it seems to have gone the >>other way if anything. > > Unfortunately, the www seems more efficient as a tool of misinformation, > or simply reinforcing falsehoods. Any misguided belief will have at > least one web site that supports it, so if you turn to the internet for > proof that the earth is flat you will most surely find what you seek. Indeed! http://www.flat-earth.org/ http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/fe-scidi.htm .... >>Canada and New Zealand appear to have some pretty >>good politics IMO. > > I think our political system is more dynamic than some of our southern > neighbours' (I mention no names). For example the Progressive > Conservative party which dominated the governments of the 1980s has lost > so much support that they are essentially no more, whereas new upstart > parties like the Reform Party can very quickly rise to the level of > official opposition. Personally I find this more in keeping with the > spirit of democracy than a system where you have two opposing "super > power" parties taking turns in office. I do like the USA's "only two terms" for president rule. In Aus we have had Howard 4 times! >>I think the bigger problem is the return of "retro"... I don't need to >>see the 80's again ;> > > Reaganomics... Moral Majority... televangelism... bad dance music... > why wouldn't you want all that again? Shuddar... > > ___________________________________________ > | _______________________________________ | > | / .-----------------------------------. \ | > | | | /\ : HUEY LEWIS - SPORTS 90 min| | | > | | |/--\:....................... NR [ ]| | | > | | `-----------------------------------' | | > | | //-\\ | | //-\\ | | > | | ||( )|| |_________| ||( )|| | | > | | \\-// :....:....: \\-// | | > | | _ _ ._ _ _ .__|_ _.._ _ | | > | | (_(_)| |(_(/_| |_(_||_)(/_ | | > | | low noise | | | > | `______ ____________________ ____ ______' | > | / [] [] \ | > | / () () \ | > !______/_____________________________\______! > > -- ABCGi - Atomic ______________________ <===> Bacterial Genetic |---------------------|| Chemical Infantrymen <=========== http://abcgi.fly.to =-+-=> |---------------------|'
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X-Google-Thread: f996b,7ac7ec72b810736a X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:43:06 +1100 From: ABCGi <abc...@yahoo.com> Reply-To: abc...@yahoo.com User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII Art Fart for Thu, 2004 Nov 25 References: <XUypd.1136$gH3.805@lakeread05> <41a6c59f$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <lSRpd.222$nE7...@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com> <41a909f8$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <1r6...@4ax.com> <41a...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <3ib...@4ax.com> <41a...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <mud...@4ax.com> <41a9422b$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <srg...@4ax.com> <311...@uni-berlin.de> <p60...@4ax.com> <311...@uni-berlin.de> <a2k...@4ax.com> <41a...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <lpq...@4ax.com> <1go06qd.ewxl9f1l4oewmN%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> <41acdf22$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <1go2trm.in8l0ev42s1sN%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> <41a...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <1go33kp.1gt4ocnxzp72N%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> In-Reply-To: <1go33kp.1gt4ocnxzp72N%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.47.186 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.47.186 Message-ID: <41ad59e8$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au> X-Trace: dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au 1101879784 220.245.47.186 (1 Dec 2004 16:43:04 +1000) Lines: 72 Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!newspeer1.se.telia.net!se.telia.net!newsfeed.bahnhof.se!195.197.54.117.MISMATCH!feeder1.news.jippii.net!news.net.hanse.com!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com alt.ascii-art:2200
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