Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 06:41:27AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >> Bzt. And let's try this again. Paul... think carefully. Exactly what >>would they be reading if they could read? Remember... NO MASS MEDIA. Any
> Let's see.. about 200 years ago? Printing press invented about 500 years ago?
> Yes, there were newspapers. Maybe they reached only a small minority.
> Maybe they only reached people who could read. But they were there.
> And, of course, people *could* send letters. And perhaps I'm not sure
> how they were delivered back then, but courier services and transport
> companies have been around for a *very* long time.
Yes, now read the rest of my message.
>>publications would be, more often than not, devoting most of their coverage to
>>the local candidate for the president. The very same candidate who would have
>>an easy time campaigning in a small geographical location. Well, small by
>>today's standards.
Publications. Whoops, hey, look at that. I already addressed the fact
that there were local publications! Even before you piped up! Let this be a
lesson to you kids reading, read the entire post before replying, you might
just make yourself look 'tarded if you don't.
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