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Re:Everyone should get the opportunity to program, but schoo... by NateDad on Monday March 04, 2013 @10:12AM (#5318526)
Yeah, and the moon landing was faked, and there's fluoride in the water to keep us all meek. Right. Cause we're obviously all so good at doing what we're told in this country. OH WAIT.
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Re:Everyone should get the opportunity to program, but schoo... by EliRivers on Monday March 04, 2013 @10:58AM (#5318792)
Speaking as an outsider, and without wanting to start comparing other countries, the citizens of the US do actually appear to be very good at doing what they're told by the government; the range of political opinion and so forth amongst the citizenry typically exists within an extraordinarily narrow band as laid down by the government.
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