[Vision2020] please remember
Doug Jones
credenda@moscow.com
Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:17:10 -0500
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Donovan Arnold wrote:
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=93Support democracy, end dictatorship, VOTE.=94
Tell me this is a joke. Democracy can=92t rule out dictatorship if a
majority votes it in. Dictators all around the world have been voted in
by the sacred cow of democracy. Great help voting was.
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And:
=93Thank you for caring about your community.=94
Shouldn=92t this be, =93thank you for coercing your community=94? How =
has
=93coercing=94 become the same thing as =93caring=94? Politics is only =
about
forcing people do things they won=92t do freely. Why should that be =
lauded
in hushed tones? Don=92t we have better things to do as a community than
threaten one another with coercion? Do something productive.
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Doug Jones
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<p><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>“</span></font>Support democracy, end dictatorship, =
VOTE.<font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>”</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Tell me this is a joke. Democracy can’t rule out
dictatorship if a majority votes it in. Dictators all around the world =
have
been voted in by the sacred cow of democracy. Great help voting =
was.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"OrigGarmnd BT"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"OrigGarmnd =
BT";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"OrigGarmnd BT"><span =
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BT";color:black'>And:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>“</span></font>Thank you for caring about your =
community.<font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black'>”</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Shouldn’t this be, =
“thank you
for coercing your community”? How has “coercing” =
become the
same thing as “caring”? Politics is only about forcing =
people do
things they won’t do freely. Why should that be lauded in hushed =
tones?
Don’t we have better things to do as a community than threaten one
another with coercion? Do something =
productive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p=
>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Doug =
Jones<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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