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Jul 17, 2008 | 6:48 PM
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Seattle, bastion of liberalism and worshipful of all things politically "progressive" and  European, trotted out this project a couple of years ago. Self-cleaning public toilets were going to revolutionize the fabric of Seattle's urban culture. Naysayers who said the preliminary cost was ridiculous for a public toilet were shouted down. But, now it seems that these toilets of the future have become havens for drug dealing, prostitution and all kinds of other less savory parts of the fabric of Seattle's culture. What's more, they ended up being more costly than conventional facilities. I think there's  moral here about the trappings of culture not actually being cultural and that maybe what works in Europe doesn't work here. At any rate, they are selling them for $89K on Ebay.
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I am a teacher, a mother and wife and I like to think I am a pretty good citizen. I read ALOT. I also write a good deal on various blogs. I appreciate a chance to respond to what we see in the news. I think that by posting our opinions we can probably find that everyone is more alike than we are willing to admit. Face it, people just like to argue. I would also like to say how much I appreciate having a forum for my views.

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