Hi All--
Juri Nummelin wrote:
>
> Bill C:
>
> > My idea is that American readers tend to like
the idea that
> > a single individual can often succeed where the
bureacuracy
> > (as represented in detective stories by the
police) can't.
>
> Maybe that's where I go "wrong". As a European (and
even more as a
> North-European) I tend to think that bureacracy -
i.e. police and other
> authorities - are the ones who should be called to
help, not some
> individual.
>
As an American, I tend to think this is the funniest thing
anyone's said on this list in weeks.
Metta, Ivan
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