Posted by 838 on March 7, 2006, at 4:54:38 [reposted on March 7, 2006, at 22:17:36 | original URL]
In reply to Re: random discourse on mortality, redirect if nec. » 838, posted by zeugma on March 6, 2006, at 19:13:09
> President Bush is quoted as saying that less regulation means less lawsuits, and less headaches for big business.
Hmm. Well other countries have regulation without being litigious (or however you spell it)... But I don't really know what you are talking about.
Today... After a few beers I got up the courage to ask about the 'general atmosphere' after 9/11 and about the 'general atmosphere' about the Iraq situation and what the 'general atmosphere' was around my Iran comment (yes I repeated it). And... It is fair to say that the people I was talking to are fairly liberal... And yet... I could tell from their looks that there was something a bit funny...
Then the topic moved to how I find it freaky that cops over here carry guns. I do. I'm not used to that. And that in Sydney there are billboard advertisments with a hotline to call if you have information on suspected terrorist activities and about how I burst out laughing the first time I saw that... And about how different... My culture is in general.
And the moral of the story is that...
There is more of an American bias here than you might think.
And that no, I don't get it.
I don't get it.And do I really want to?
I don't know.
Some things just seem clear to me.
If cops carry guns then people will get shot.
If there are billboards with a free hotline for 'suspected terrorist activities' then people will report things out of paranoia.I don't know.
"Tis a funny world.
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