I learn something new from this list all the time. Reading the digest today, I learned that Capitalism is basically responsible for media lies. Which I guess excludes socialism, fascism, theocracies, authorianism, etc. Guess that's why the USSR called its leading newspaper The Truth. And why when I was at a conference in Moscow in 1982, I was handed -- on arrival -- the "final report" of the conference. We already knew the truth before meeting. And so it goes. My only comment on this subject. All flames will be ignored. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________