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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
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Subject: Re: Did Challenger happen?
Summary: generalization
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Date: 25 Aug 89 21:06:10 GMT
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In article <713@larry.sal.wisc.edu>, jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu (Jeffrey W Percival) writes:

|  The "americans/poor taste" comment is of course a generalization,
|  but doesn't it wear you down seeing how accurate it is, by and large?

  There are enough Americans that a lot of tastes are present. Consider
that we have our government on live TV every day (CSPAN), three
educational cable TV channels (Discover and two I don't get), NPR
(National Public Radio) and PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). Most
areas (even Schenectady) have several public TV stations (for
non-residents, public radio/TV is supported by people who can listen for
free sending in money because they like the station. Like shareware).

  There are people with poor taste, bad taste, and no taste at all in
the usa, but there is a lot of good taste here, too. This country
manages to support private museums, libraries, etc, because people here
are willing to pay to see quality. Tell me which other countries have
the government on TV daily, or have educational broadcasting supported
by the viewers. Short list, isn't it.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon