From: "Jeff Shultz" 

"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.

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