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Old 11-25-2004, 06:27 PM   #18 (permalink)
metalgeek
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Location: Calgary
Quote:
Originally Posted by Suave
Yeah, I know it's an exaggerated stereotype, but there is a certain amount of truth to it. If you spend 12 hours a day doing some sort of manual labour, then go home to your rural abode which may or may not have TV/internet access, you're much less likely (in my opinion) to be well-informed on "outside" matters than someone like me, a student who does an absolute maximum of 8 hours of work per day, where much of that 8 hours is linked with social and political issues. So yes, granite.
You remind me of one of the people in the current Federal Government who told a bunch of farmers they werne't smart enough to run a grain car system.
You realize running a farm now is the same as running a business. Honestly, some of these farms are multi million dollar corporations. You think someone who is stupuid andknows nothing of the outside world could run one of these?
A lot of the newer farmers (the young ones) have degrees now in Agriculture, those are 4 year degree's. Have you seen new farm equipment? Most farmers actualy do have the internet, and a large number of them have a satellite system as well. (there snot much to do in the middle of the winter on a lot of farms)
Honestly. I'm guessing your in Calgary, since you mentioned the University, (it's second lowest by the way, and yes it is a shame, but U of A is rated highly..)
Trust me, lot's of people are ill informed about the world at large, and modern society, like the gentleman who wrote a letter to the editor at FFWD a few weeks ago suggesting that we shut down all imports that we could possibly make ourselves. He thought that this would solve all of our problems.
And how are we disproportionatly represented by farming ridings? Ridings have a basic standard amount of people in them, 30k-40k people.
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