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To: jrhana who wrote (609)	5/1/2003 9:42:38 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4912

We attack all sacred cows of course, sacred cows are hindi, heathen by definition and must be struck down by the shining sword of christianity and served up with a Coke and fries. have to disagree with your statement in general: americans are about as conformist a population as you can find in the developed world and beautifully exampled by the group think we call Congress. when a republican president publicly states he accepts evolution, i'll reconsider my position.

To: jrhana who wrote (609)	5/2/2003 1:55:14 AM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 4912

Very true but what I think will help save our future is our ability to think independently. We attack all sacred cows; we are willing to always question all assumptions. This allows us to dream up unique solutions to new problems. This is the major strength of our society and our educational system IMO. It also is not exportable-Most societies are much more rigid than ours. That and the fact that we are willing to fail repeatedly in order to succeed and there isn't the social stigma associated with failure that they have in a country like Japan. The bad part of that is that Americans are sometimes far too willing to blame their failures on someone else and expect to get bailed out. What we most lack is discipline-Here many other societies have the advantage I agree.