From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Getting on my soapbox about America...
Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 1994 16:20:23 +0930

To be quite honest, a lot of the problems with violence in America has
historical roots. The vast disparity in living conditions, the easy
availability of firearms, ingrained racism, and a general feeling that
violence solves problems all have historical roots in American (Statesfolk
at least) history.

It's worth noting that other countries with similar historical problems
lack the US's current social problems. It seems to have been the particular
mixture that has caused the current situation.

ObShadowRun: The whole world now has this problem, and it'll spread out of
the States to every other country by 2050. Hence such social failures as
the Barrens.


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Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
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