Word: nationalisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never understood why England is considered the great nation for eccentrics--in the U.S. of A. we have a world-class set. We've got folks who believe in flying saucers, horoscopes, the lottery, pyramid power, that John F. Kennedy was killed by the CIA and that you can get AIDS off toilet seats. We've got people convinced that they were Cleopatra in another life, that Elvis lives and that the flat tax is a good idea. We've got self-improvers out the wazoo, just improvin' themselves up a storm. We've got people who live for bingo...
...slight cloud, on account of the President was recently impeached over 10 oral encounters, which was a little odd. But how else would we have found out the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court gets his fashion sense from Gilbert and Sullivan operas? We live in a great nation...
...diversity and some fondness for dissent. But if we liked everything in perfect order, we'd be Germans. Personally, I think the Founders were right all along, but that the results are a lot funnier than they intended. I move a vote of gratitude that we live in a nation where so much confusion is allowed. God bless Americans...
...will be an all-time low in American culture if teenagers must show a photo ID to see an R-rated film [NATION, June 21]. Carding kids--or not allowing them to go into an R-rated movie without a parent--takes away the teens' illusion of control. Carding kids isn't going to make them less violent. It is simply going to make them more determined to get back the control they have lost. If that means walking into a school with a gun, they'll do it. In the opinion of this 12-year-old, the solution...
...government's efforts to restrict youngsters' exposure to violent films are laudable [NATION, June 21], but two critical issues have been overlooked. Many movies that are R-rated [requiring that those 17 and under be accompanied by a parent] should be classified as the more restrictive NC-17 [barring anyone under 17]. Such uneven labeling makes a mockery of the film ratings. An R-rated film should prohibit any child under 13. Also, it's quite possible for parents to take toddlers and children to violent and explicit R-rated movies. Parents must be made more aware of just...