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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (112967)	8/27/2003 9:59:49 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

Thanks for reminding me of Fred, whom I thought had gone off to Mexico not to be heard from again. A fine curmudgeon. Usually right on the money. I thought he was right on when he commented on mass culture here: fredoneverything.net Fred (and apparently you, too) seem to forget that freedom also promotes mediocrity, that not everyone is mentally and/or emotionally equipped to become Nobel Prize winners. Nevertheless, I agree that our culture is slowly becoming more and more mediocre, lazier, and fatter. It's unfortunately a sign of our success. There are no life or death struggles on the horizon like there were during WWII to sharpen our edge and focus our collective energies. The struggles that count take place between our ears--and a lot of us are pacifists in that war. Perhaps the Islamists are doing us a favor.