General Clips from Communitarian Update

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Clips from "The Communitarian Update" - December 7, 1999

The spirit of the time: In the movie The Messenger, Joan of Arc is
depicted not as a heroine or a person of great spirit and courage but as
someone who is acting out her child abuse.

65% of kids 8 and older have a TV in their bedroom and say the set is
usually on at mealtime. 61% say their parents have no rules about TV
watching. (Newsweek, 11.29.99)

German Internet users are taking advantage of Amazon.com to purchase
copies of Hitler's racist manifesto Mein Kampf. It is illegal to sell
Mein Kampf in bookstores in Germany or publish it there. Amazon shipped
so many copies of Mein Kampf to Germany that over the summer Hitler made
Amazon's top 10 best-seller list among German buyers. (New York Times,
11.17.99)

The Pokemon cartoon encourages traditional Japanese values such as
responsibility, empathy, cooperation, obedience, respect for elders and
humility. The human characters of the show all understand that capturing
a Pokemon is not enough. Becoming a real "trainer" takes compassion,
responsibility and teamwork. (New York Times, 11.7.99)

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