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Mon Jun-28-10 06:44 PM
Response to Reply #20 |
| 32. Actually I got exactly the answers I expected |
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Posts advocating violence as a means to achieve political goals. Sad that DU has devolved to such a point.
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| -To clarify an earlier post: True or False -in a democracy, violent protests are sometimes acceptable |
Clintonista2 |
Jun-28-10 04:44 PM |
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Depends on the context. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jun-28-10 04:44 PM |
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Yep, depends. |
damntexdem |
Jun-28-10 04:49 PM |
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The G20 violence is just fucking stupid. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Jun-28-10 04:50 PM |
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I think democracies were designed to prevent violent protests. |
CTyankee |
Jun-28-10 04:48 PM |
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Actually, democracies don't tend to be designed. |
damntexdem |
Jun-28-10 04:54 PM |
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This raises the question, doesn't it? What do we do in a democracy when the forces |
CTyankee |
Jun-28-10 06:40 PM |
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I say no--but then mostly the violence happens when peaceful protestors meet authoritarian response |
librechik |
Jun-28-10 04:50 PM |
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Of course there are protests with initial intents to be violent -- that's not the issue. |
damntexdem |
Jun-28-10 04:56 PM |
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I'll echo the "it depends" but with the caveat... |
mike_c |
Jun-28-10 04:56 PM |
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FALSE |
immoderate |
Jun-28-10 04:59 PM |
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Same answer as before - there are times when violence is required. |
KonaKane |
Jun-28-10 05:00 PM |
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Those who kill abortion doctors feel the same way.... |
stray cat |
Jun-28-10 05:11 PM |
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If you ever face a truly despotic government, lets see you maintain that lofty stance |
KonaKane |
Jun-28-10 06:11 PM |
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How ironic- you have MLK Jr pictured in your sig |
Clintonista2 |
Jun-29-10 03:49 AM |
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WRONG. |
GlennWRECK |
Jun-28-10 05:12 PM |
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Hello. |
bigwillq |
Jun-28-10 05:14 PM |
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That made absolutely no sense. |
KonaKane |
Jun-28-10 06:13 PM |
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In the context of the G20, is "democracy" a proper term? |
Oregone |
Jun-28-10 05:00 PM |
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doesn't make any sense |
William Z. Foster |
Jun-28-10 05:02 PM |
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Like Murder? as violence can always have serious consequences |
stray cat |
Jun-28-10 05:11 PM |
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Would you kill someone to defend your life or that of a loved one? |
KonaKane |
Jun-28-10 06:20 PM |
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Insufficient data to provide response |
tkmorris |
Jun-28-10 05:13 PM |
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False, but |
MH1 |
Jun-28-10 05:17 PM |
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Pure democracies can be tyrannical to minorities |
Warpy |
Jun-28-10 05:45 PM |
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So you didn't like the answers you got the first time? |
Greyhound |
Jun-28-10 05:47 PM |
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Actually I got exactly the answers I expected |
Clintonista2 |
Jun-28-10 06:44 PM |
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Nothing to do with DU, it's just history. |
Greyhound |
Jun-28-10 07:18 PM |
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Would you have preferred that the American revolutionaries simply |
KonaKane |
Jun-28-10 07:22 PM |
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Yes |
Clintonista2 |
Jun-29-10 03:00 AM |
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Except for the first peoples. Plenty of their blood was shed |
EFerrari |
Jun-29-10 03:06 AM |
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And how did the 1982 Canada act lead to bloodshed of first peoples? |
Clintonista2 |
Jun-29-10 03:11 AM |
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You made the claim that these nations achieved "independence" without bloodshed. |
EFerrari |
Jun-29-10 03:53 AM |
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You're actually proving my point, so thank you for that |
Clintonista2 |
Jun-29-10 03:58 AM |
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True. |
GodlessBiker |
Jun-28-10 06:09 PM |
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Violence |
Abq_Sarah |
Jun-28-10 06:14 PM |
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is property damage violence? |
tiny elvis |
Jun-28-10 07:14 PM |
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Is property damage violence? |
Abq_Sarah |
Jun-28-10 08:34 PM |
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The US was never that democratic to begin with. It's fairly unrepresentative on most days. nt |
Selatius |
Jun-28-10 06:15 PM |
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True |
Doctor_J |
Jun-28-10 06:17 PM |
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The state has a monopoly on violence. |
rug |
Jun-28-10 06:18 PM |
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Didn't like the answers did you? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jun-28-10 06:20 PM |
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You're right, I didn't like the answers. I didn't think the people here were so prone to violence. |
Clintonista2 |
Jun-28-10 06:51 PM |
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Well instead of asking this question |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jun-28-10 07:06 PM |
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Prone to violence? |
Doctor_J |
Jun-29-10 01:56 PM |
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In a "democracy" |
ismnotwasm |
Jun-28-10 06:22 PM |
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Acceptable to whom? |
bemildred |
Jun-28-10 06:49 PM |
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I believe violence is part of all forms of government |
lunatica |
Jun-28-10 07:17 PM |
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You know, these guys said it better than I ever could. |
Warren DeMontague |
Jun-29-10 03:43 AM |
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Violet protests are always acceptable. |
Swamp Rat |
Jun-29-10 03:56 AM |
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Technically yes, in practice more or less no. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Jun-29-10 06:47 AM |
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Self-defense is justified. Even when the attacker is wearing a uniform. |
howard112211 |
Jun-29-10 06:54 AM |
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