Re:
> Gretchen. But she noticed one common feature: a TV - if not in the room,
> then nearby. "So with increasing regularity, they see how the other half
> lives: Baywatch, Al Jazeera, soap operas. There's a growing awareness that
> didn't exist when they lived in isolated areas of the disparities between
> the haves and the have-nots. And it's cause for concern."

Let's just hope they don't have access to "rock and roll", too.

As noted last week by Simonyi, the Hungarian ambassador to the U.S.A.,
it's what brought down communism:
   http://news.google.com/news?num=20&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
8&newwindow=1&q=rock+soviet+ambassador+simonyi

BTW, don't forget the internet ... once TV takes people up, the
internet lets them communicate.
--
Stan Sieler
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