-> On 31 Jan 09  17:19:16, Richard Webb got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Unitary government

 DC> The dividing line came with the printing press and the ability of 
 DC> the general population to read.  

 RW> True, but you had to actually read, and your attention
 RW> wasn't so fragmented.

I wonder what thw grade level of newspapers were in Colonial days...

 DC> TV has changed the course of national dialogue into a national 
 DC> monologue.  The trend must stop.  

 RW> I thought it might at first with the net, but I"m not so
 RW> sure anymore.  something else always just a click of the
 RW> mouse or the remote away.  THe epitome of Add/Hd culture.

Attention span is being stretched, for sure.  The bells and 
whistles and 3-headed dogs get in the way.  



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