[Leica] Re: Private property and buildings

[Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com>]

At 03:19 PM 9/7/01 -0400, BD wrote:
>Brilliant, Anthony, except I think it's quite safe to say that the kind of 
>people
>sited by Ted haven't watched TV news since the modern siege of Wounded 
>Knee and the
>resignation of Richard Nixon. Actually, what shitty tv news tends to make 
>people do,
>or than turn paranoid, depressed, etc., is stop watching it....
>
>You can get in real trouble reading (and believing) too many studies by social
>scientists.
>
>B. D.
>
>Mxsmanic wrote:
>
> >
> > Because Americans watch a tremendous amount of television, and it 
> conditions
> > their thinking.  And since television news is designed to induce 
> maximal FUD
> > (fear, uncertainty, dread) in order to maintain ratings, it makes 
> people very
> > fearful, paranoid, pessimistic, and hostile.  I've actually seen 
> studies to this
> > effect.


I've seen studies that say: "France is the most hospitable country toward 
foreign tourists."

So we all know how valuable studies are...!

JB