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From: acton@ubc-cs.UUCP (Donald Acton)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Public Awareness
Message-ID: <905@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 23:11:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 20 23:11:40 1984
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Reply-To: acton@ubc-cs.UUCP (Donald Acton)
Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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In article <178@water.UUCP> jbtubman@water.UUCP writes:
>
>I see no reason to believe that Manitobans, or even community college
>students, are any less intelligent or informed than the average person.
>This has interesting (and perhaps disturbing) implications for those who
>advocate that political or moral or economic questions should be decided on
>the basis of polls.
>

I think that these results should also raise questions about the 
adequacy of our public school systems. Perhaps we need to reevaluate what
is being taught in our school systems to make sure that tomorrow's adults
have the tools needed to make decisions about the manner in which we are to be 
governed. 

    Donald Acton