| From: | Vic E Babes |
| Date: | 22 Sep 99 at 18:41:41 |
| Subject: | Re: Free ISPs [OFF TOPIC] |
> > That`s what`s so good about democracies, you can rely on our leaders
> > to tell the truth, and not spin (read propaganda).
>
> You tend to forget one thing about democracies- that you are able to
> criticize them! Other systems tend to just blow your brains out, or
> have you rot in a damp cell for 20 years for saying what you've just
> said!
> And there's the one Peru (I think it was) did for several years, just
> took all the people outspoken against the regime up in large planes,
> and drop them far out to sea, from 10,000 feet!!! And people never saw
> them again.
>
> <political rant>
> Democracies aren't perfect by a long shot, but what else are you going
> to put in place instead? You have to keep working at them to keep them
> as honest as possible, or they just degrade into dictatorships, or
> what's happening at the moment, being screwed over, and controlled by
> Multi-Nationals! (We just had the APEC bullshit over here!)
> </political rant>
>
I agree with you, but I wish it wasn`t necessary for so many people to take
direct action because of those multi-nationals - it`s quite clear that
Genetically modified crops/people are not what the majority of people want -
but the government elected to serve us aren`t interested in what we want.
They tax us to high-heaven because "smoking is bad for us" but are quite
prepared to allow these other things to go on, which could be far more
dangerous.
Anyway, getting way off topic, better stop now.
:)
VIC
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