Re: How do you grow brocolli?
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:57 +0000, Lynn Kilroy wrote:
> >From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> >
> >On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 09:36 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> > > steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl> writes:
> > > >> frightening amounts of processed and "fast" food. And possibly worse,
> > > >> frightening *quantities* of it. The US obesity pandemic occasionally
> > > >> makes the news here in Europe. Alas, I think the UK may be heading
> > > >> steadily in the same direction.
> > > >
> > > > the trend here in holland is the same.
> > >
> > > The same thing seems to be happening in many countries; many other bad
> > > U.S. traits also seem to be gaining traction (e.g., insane car worship).
> > >
> > > I suppose in the end it really comes down to the fact that humans are,
> > > generally speaking, lazy and short-sighted, and "virtuous" cultural
> > > attributes tend to come from necessity rather than virtue. As soon as
> > > the need goes away (due to increased wealth or whatever)...
> >
> >Hah! We *are* taking over the world, one bad habit at a time.
> >
> Now if we could only teach them our childish and immature fear of sex.
> After all, it's a horrid crime to even speak the word here at the wrong
> time,
You haven't watched TV lately, have you?
> but we welcome people running wee children over in drunken
> wrecklessness with open arms.
Alcoholic Judges do. No one else, I think.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA
"Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice
that the thing gives rise to stiff objections."
Meg Greenfield
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