Yes..that's the basis of our foreign policy ...for every water well we
drill, we also get to erect a topless bar.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Hula [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:25 AM
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> Subject:      Re: OT: Simply long and off-topic
>
> It does make it much easier to get through life, not being responsible.
> However, we are responsible for the way our culture bulldozes over
> everything in its path, throwing out the baby with the bath water.
> The tempter may not be responsible for the decisions made by others,
> but the tempter is responsible for tempting.
>         Tom Hula
>         Victor S. Barnes Company
>
> |Greg Stigers writes:
> |
> |>One of the criticisms that some parts of the Islamic world levels
> against
> |>the U.S. is that we export our popular culture, and that this popular
> |>culture is obscene. This is one of the few charges I take seriously.
> |
> |Oh, come now. This is like the United States holding Colombia responsible
> |for the fact that a bunch of US citizens use drugs. If they don't like
> |the popular culture, they shouldn't partake. What, is someone forcing
> |them to tune in reruns of _Baywatch_?
>
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