In article <20030729162618.372EB5ED80@mail.zedz.net>, omphalos@wp.pl 
says...
> On Tue 29 Jul 2003 12:03:37p, rfischer@bolt.sonic.net (Ray Fischer) wrote
> in news:bg65sp$qc4$1@bolt.sonic.net: 
> 
> > Omphalos  <omphalos@wp.pl> wrote:
> >> Angkor  <void@what.nop> wrote in
> >>>  "Omphalos" <omphalos@wp.pl>
> >>>>  Angkor  <void@what.nop> wrote in
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> The american may have the highest income, or the best choice of
> >>>>>>> foods, but does he have the best life? More of his people are in
> >>>>>>> prisons than in any country on earth
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> That's because we actually punish those who break the law.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> That's because you have so many more who break the law than any
> >>>>> other country on God's earth.
> >>>>
> >>>> Wrong.
> >>> 
> >>> You have the highest per capita of your population in prison.  You are
> >>> the most criminal society on the planet - deal with it.
> >>
> >> So what?
> > 
> > Idiot.
> > 
> >> At least we won't end up like Western Europe, where in 50 years the
> >> population will be half of what it is today while the US will continue
> >> growing.
> > 
> > Like any other 3rd world country.
> 
> So, the United States, with the most powerful economy in the world, is a
> 3rd world nation? You must be some sort of a liberal fanatic. 
> 
> While the United States will continue to experience economic growth over
> the next few decades, Western Europe will become bankrupt trying to find
> out how to still pay for all their massive social programs with a lot less
> people and negative population growth. 
> 
> Europe will continue to see its influence in the world decline even
> further over the next 50 years even more than it has in the previous 50.
> 
> 

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