On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 21:36:55 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 10/29/2020 7:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>>> Â*From dictionary.com: "
>>>> of or relating to a town or city or its local government"
>>>
>>> Wow. I can see you were like a sponge when you were in civics class.
>>> I don't mean that you absorbed everything. It is more like having been
>>> more like a vegetable.
>>
>> Civics class? I don't know what that is either. Wasn't offered at my
>> school.
>
>May have been called Social Studies or similar. You don't graduate
>without some lessons in how the government works.
>
>Civics is the study of citizenship and government. ... Students learn
>how power and responsibility are shared and limited by government, the
>impact American politics has on world affairs, the place of law in the
>American constitutional system, and which rights the American government
>guarantees its citizens.

I guess Americans are taught about Saint Abe and the Pilgrim Fathers.
And all these kids, who are not paying attention, think that's an old
pop band.

Americans are always so worried about their rights and their
liberties, and about the government taking them away. Europeans take
their rights and liberties for granted. They don't have to worry about
these things. I guess you're a young country that could fall apart at
any moment. All you need is 2 Trump terms.