The American People May Not Be The

The Establishment Uses That Rationale All The Time, And That's Why We Do What We Do. But Leadership Requires Some Understanding That You Can Say No. People Have Base Instincts, But The Transcendent Also Appeal To Them.

In One Question You Are Expressing A World Of Opinion. Because It Is You Who Thinks That America Has Been Mistakenly Starting These Conflicts. I Happen To Agree With You, And I Will Repeat What Your Question Suggested...we Have Mistakenly Gotten Into One Fracas After Another. Why We Do That [united States Has Insisted On Keeping Up A String Of Enemies, And The Wars Associated With Creating Those Enemies], I Think It's Because We're Afraid To Look In The Mirror And Understand Who We Are.

We Had A Judeo-christian Ethic Hanging Around A Couple Thousand Years That Didn't Help Erase Racism At All. So The Notion Of The Little Half-hour Comedy Changing Things Is Something I Think Is Silly.

Ratings Translate Into Corporations, Corporations That Need A Profit Statement This Quarter That's Larger Than The Last.

I Think For Television Generally, The Question That Often Arises Is, "does Television Lead, Or Does It Follow?" You Know, Does It Lead The Conversation, Or Culture, Or Does It Follow What's Going On? And I Think It Does Both.