From: Le@yabbs
To: steyr@yabbs
Subject: huh?
Date: Wed Mar  2 13:55:18 1994

way back when, you stated that the crime rate was related
to a lack of patriotism...  I majored in criminology
and can tell you that you are way off base with that one.
If you are going to make faulty correlations, at least
supply the corresponding faulty reasoning behind them, as
you make no statements in support of that idea.
And as far as my view of patriotism (for anyone who
cares, and for those who don't :P ) I don't need it.
I accept that I have a freedom to live the way I choose
in this country within the boundaries placed on me
by the state.  I am grateful for the freedom, and I accept
those boundaries.  I do the best I can to survive, and
that's the best it gets in this day and age.
As for the pathetic state of the nation today, I look to the
disintegration of the family caused in part by the strains
resulting from the ever-lowering standard of living in this
country as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and
the middle class fights for its life.  The American dream
is just about dead, and it's taking patriotism with it.