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   Message 432 of 2,235   
   Omixochitl to Raist   
   Re: Global Politics Quiz   
   05 Nov 03 02:14:33   
   
   From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   Raist  wrote in news:IZupb.69673$mZ5.433440@attbi_s54:   
      
   > FixinDixon wrote:   
      
   >> And I'm sure that the 'cyberpunks' who   
   >> ahve gone before us were once pissed off too.  But they faded away,   
   >> joined the system.  And what's to stop any of us doing the same?  "I   
   >> can't beat the system, I may as well join it.  I might be able to do   
   >> some good there"...   
   >>   
   >> Does a single character in any CP book act like that and actually   
   >> change anything?   
   >   
   > Are any of them actually trying to change the world?   
      
   Maybe Nell, but Stephenson didn't say if she planned to keep the Mouse Army   
   going in the refugee-rescue direction or not.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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