> Ritu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote:
<snip> > > Maybe Thomas Jefferson (IIRC) was on to something, > but > > I have to say that periodic revolutions seem too > > damn bloody and messy to me. > > They would be, especially since anyone wanting to > hang on to power quite > that badly would not hesitate before unleashing the > power of the state > machinery on the rebels. This has to be the last > option, once everything else has been tried out. Dead last, indeed. Too many innocents die (the currrent Thai situation is thus far an exception). My _real_ hope is that various damning and undeniable truths are revealed about these hypocrites, such as the Foley case, and even rabid rightists will see them for what they are: power-grabbing immoral elitists. > > Still, when you can't trust > > that your votes actually count, that is very bad > for a democracy. > > Do you guys have any statutory body to act as > impartial observer and > monitor for the entire process? No, each county and state is responsible for that. > Sigh. I am missing elections now...they are such > fun. When else can one > see CMs running after and tackling people who try to > run away with ballot boxes? <grin> Sounds like a good Monty Python skit... Debbi Run Away, Brave Sir Robin! Maru :D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
