Obviously

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Fri Oct 20 15:27:08 PDT 2000


On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, James Heartfield wrote:


> Human existence is better because of progress. Printing presses, drains,
> indoor toilets, vaccinations, literacy and all those other things that
> make life worth living.
>

I love reading as much as the next guy, but c'mon: literacy is a universal human good? Life is not worth living if a person can't read? Funny, human beings have done just fine as a species on this planet for hundreds of thousands of years without being able to read!

Miles



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