> gMoney wrote: > Those who shout ad-nauseum about our inevitable decline into a dictatorship, > fascist oligarchy or rigid theocracy....are not.
Now you've departed from the point and are arguing style. The original questions are: 1.) Is this administration engaging in behaviour that's dangerous to our system of democracy? 2.) If so, should we speak out? (be it to friends, the press, the Congress, etc.) My point was that yes, this administration is ignoring and actively dismantling pieces of the American governmental system that ensures democracy through checks and balances and, yes, we should be speaking out about it. Your point seems to be on the style of the speech, rather than the underlying content. The irony of your "use the constructs of our system" point is that it doesn't amount to much if those 'constructs' were just deconstructed via executive order. Which they have been. For example, it's no longer inconceivable that the gov't could be monitoring my emails and hold me in custody indefinitely without access to a lawyer or family or the press. And they could suspend my rights simply because they don't like the content. If that were to happen, and the President has made sure that theyre's nothing preventing it, where are the 'constructs' now? So while you may think it's fantasy that the gov't could do this, the President claims it isn't. Thus the alarm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208493 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
