[WikiEN-l] Re: Rules vs. Anarchy

[Dan Drake]

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:47:23 UTC, Ray Saintonge 
<saintonge at telus.net> wrote:

> 
> Americans are essentially a law-abiding peoples, and would sacrifice 
> common sense to ensure that the law is enforced. 

I do wish we could reduce the amount of nationalist sniping and worse than
useless generalities.

Another thing Americans like to do: Laugh scornfully at other countries' 
rigid bureaucacies mindlessly enforcing the letter of massive, intrusive, 
and stupid laws and regulations.  (Since some people can't imagine an 
American saying anything that is not shallow and dogmatic, I need to 
explain that those opinions of other countries' administrations are not 
necessarily *true*; just that that's a perception, not necessarily less 
valid than the one cited above.)

-- 
Dan Drake
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