[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] PLUG vs. PLUG

[Jeme A Brelin]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, anonymous wrote:
> > > America is a representative republic, democracy doesn't work.
> >
> > These two statements have nothing to do with one another.  The former
> > true, the latter false.
>
> Alright, pure democracy doesn't work.

Total conjecture.  Every time it's been tried, landed and monied interests
undermine the structure.

If you're saying that it doesn't work because it has powerful enemies,
I'll say we just haven't gotten enough people involved.

> > Every large-scale democratic organization has been systematically
> > disassembled by the existing power structures because of the obvious
> > threat posed.
>
> Athenians come to the aid of your fellow city states!  No.  I rest my
> case.

You'll have to give more explanation than that.

> Some would say today's problem is not freedom, but what isn't imposed
> that people can only impose on themselves.

The problem is that the imposition comes from somewhere other than
themselves.

> "I will write my law on the hearts of men, not on stone."
>
> "Give unborn women their rights!"
>
> "You are the tabernacle, not some tent."
>
> "As a lesbian and a muslim, I won't pursue a civil union because I
> believe marriage needs to stay between a man and a woman."
>
> "Think not what your country can do for you, think what can I do for my
> country."

Huh?

J.
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