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On the question of why America was homophobic, it was a more conservative society in general. Less swearing, lots of referring to people as "sir" and fines for long hair. I think perhaps this was supposed to be because America was locked in a cold war with Nazi Europe much earlier and longer and that tends to lead to more conservatism? I don't know. It wasn't something that was explored much.
Oh, and I did like the alternate versions of computers. I liked that things weren't really that different just different names and tweaks to what we have (had in '96). Apart from voice recognition. It's a wonderful technology in many ways but it's never going to replace keyboards. I wouldn't want to dictate the few hundred words in this post never mind a full thesis. And can you imagine the noise in offices and classrooms?
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