From: "Jeff Shultz" 

"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.138d6d8f1713bf359898da{at}news.barkto.com...
> In article , si{at}wvi.com says...
> > "Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
> > news:MPG.138cf934afffe2b9898d0{at}news.barkto.com...
> > > In article ,
rgparker{at}west.net
> > > says...
> > >
> > > > No it isn't. Books and mags and newspapers are key to a healthy
civil
> > > > society.
> > >
> > > So, prior to the 17th century society wasn't civil?
> >
> > No, society was actually feudal back then. People stopped being peasants
> > when they were educated.
>
> And that wasn't civil?

Only for the people on top... you know, the ones with education, books....
that sort of thing. Is the life of a peasant civil when he can get his head
cut off at a whim?

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