Diabolik wrote:
> "Ron Hunter" > wrote in message
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>>Diabolik wrote:
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>>>"Paolo Pizzi" > wrote in message
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>>>>Dave Smith wrote:
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>>>>>>Nothing to do with ethnicentrism. The US is a socially backward
>>>>>>country. That's pretty much the opinion of the REST OF THE
>>>>>>WORLD, you know, those 5 billion people right-wingers like you
>>>>>>usually choose to IGNORE.
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>>>>>The US can be accused of a lot of things, but being socially backward
>>>>>is not one of them.
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>>>>Any industrialized country without a national health system is
>>>>socially backward.
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>>>...and free education.
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>>>If you're born poor in the US, your chances are next to zero to getting
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>>>education and living a high quality life.
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>>That is a pure copout.
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> Sure, believe what you want.
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>>Tell it to the likes of Colin Powell.
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> You can only think of one person? Who else?
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>>Tell it
>>to the multi-millionaire sports figures.
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> Sure, they get scholarships.
> I'm refering to people who can't or don't get scolarships.
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>>Tell it to ANYONE who is
>>willing to work and who has the intelligence to come in out of the rain.
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> Sure, they have to work VERY hard for it, and be very intelligent.
> But for the rich it's different. They can be dumb and still afford
> University.
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> That's the difference, it's an unequal system.
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They can be dumb and AFFORD to go but that will NOT get them through it.