nadinbrzezinski
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Mon Jun-28-10 07:06 PM
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| 35. Well instead of asking this question |
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perhaps you should ask yourself WHO is behind that fucking curtain? You sure these thugs were just thugs? Or perhaps, like the Pinkertons of old, they are being directed, and not necessarily by the police. There are patterns that you are missing.
But do people have a right to revolt? Yes... in the course of humans affairs and all that, if you care to read the preface to the US Declaration of Independence.
As they say... those who refuse to learn from history and all that shit.
You know what I find amazing? Well not really any more, that some folks are so damn ignorant of US History that they need to even ask this question... hell it is part of the National Foundational myth for god-sakes.
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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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