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To: axial who wrote (3612)	8/7/2001 8:54:04 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

>>A disputative, protracted, meandering decision-making process, influenced by changing perceptions, the constant advent of new technology, and a plethora of profit-motivated agendas, some obvious, some hidden... Yeah, you've got it: democracy! << Touché! Speaking of which, the voice of the people seems suddenly to be muted here on SI. This morning I opened up and found four subjects with posts on them, whereas I usually would find at least several dozen boards lit out of a list of about a hundred. I suppose folks are hiding out of fear of being spotted by the Cisco Kid, as I hear he'll be riding through town, soon. It's like everyone's boarded up for the event. Breathe, everyone.... breathe. Draw air in and expel it from the lungs. In and out. In and out. Breathe!

To: axial who wrote (3612)	8/7/2001 10:57:29 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Permit me, please, my two cents: Society has become very complicated. Too complex for the common person to get what is really going on. In a rural/agricultural society it was easier for the common man to have some kind of 'understanding' of life. . The priest would tell him what to believe in and that was it. Some old fogies would pass on to them some learned-by-doing stuff and that was it Cut for today. You have to invest in every human being at least 13 years of schooling to get him to be productive. Now to interpret the world, to refine the data one get to be able him to make a choice, goes much more than that the school system passes to a person. He would need to work and interact in the world for another 15 years at least to get to know the issues and make the right decisions. Of course, in a world where from 7 to 20 the guy is at school, form 20 to 35 he is learning by doing, there is a huge population ripe to be take on for a ride. As a result all the 'ists' going for them. Any one can have an opinion and find a ear to listen to it.