Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sbcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!mcnc!philabs!sbcs!debray From: debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame Subject: Re: America-bashing Message-ID: <356@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 08:53:42 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.356 Posted: Thu Jul 11 08:53:42 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 04:02:20 EDT References: <3140@drutx.UUCP> <847@teddy.UUCP> Organization: Computer Science Dept, SUNY@Stony Brook Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.politics:9943 net.flame:11147 Larry Kolodney: > Are you saying that the average American has no knowledge or influence > on American foreign policy? > > And this is a democracy? My impression -- in the four years I've been in this country -- is that the "average" American has little knowledge of, and even less interest in, what goes on abroad. Surveys seem to bear this out: I remember reading about one last year where most of the people interviewed didn't know which side the USA was backing in El Salvador. I'm amazed that this should be the state of affairs here given the tremendous amount of information people have free access to, and my conclusion has been that most people just don't give a damn about what's happening beyond their own backyards. -- Saumya Debray SUNY at Stony Brook uucp: {allegra, hocsd, philabs, ogcvax} !sbcs!debray arpa: debray%suny-sb.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa CSNet: debray@sbcs.csnet