[Peace-discuss] Stephen Lendman: A culture of violence

[n.dahlheim at mchsi.com]

Stephen Lendman (although he sometimes employs too many run-on sentences when he gets unusually 
emotional) is exactly as you say.  Search him on looking glass news or on Blogger.  His commentary is 
usually pithy and prescient.  I hope people on this list enjoy reading him.

          Nick


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From:    "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel4 at insightbb.com>
To:      peace-discuss at anti-war.net
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Stephen Lendman: A culture of violence
Date:    Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:38:44 +0000

> This guy should be better known. He's prolific, impassioned, radical,  
> and informed. His long article
> 
> http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=13882
> 
> starts out:
> 
> What do you call a country that glorifies wars and violence in the  
> name of peace. One that's been at war every year in its history  
> against one or more adversaries. It has the highest homicide rate of  
> all western nations and a passion for owning guns, yet the two seem  
> oddly unconnected. Violent films are some of its most popular, and  
> similar video games crowd out the simpler, more innocent street play  
> of generations earlier. Prescription and illicit drug use is out of  
> control as well when tobacco, alcohol and other legal ones are  
> included.…
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