It's interesting that Democracy is now only being seen as good if it produces the "right" result - Palestine being another example.
On 3/1/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gel wrote: > > A country which has had democratic elections, and a democratic > > Referendum that was declared Fair by International Monitors is a > > communist country? > > > > Could you explain? > > > > In a previous thread I gave plenty of examples of how Chavez has used > the military and intelligence services to intimidate and bully > opposition and, of course, Castro is his model. > > What you don't seem to be able to come to grips with is that there's a > rich history of dictators starting exactly as Chavez has - via > controversial elections. Then they attempt to hold on to power via > constitution changes and thuggery, and then outright destruction of > any type of democratic process. > > And then there's the take over of the oil company and shakey economic > policies. On both accounts you can make a small case for good and big > case for bad. > > The reason it happens this way is because these types of people aren't > evil - they become evil. They rise to power in an attempt to do good > by saying, "if I just had more power, then I could do more good." > > I think it was Malcolm X that said something like, "the ends justify > the means, but if the means are nefarious then so shall be the ends." > > I've read enough history and enough of Chavez to be 90% sure he's one > of these people. I could be wrong, but I'm probably not. Time will > tell. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198399 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
