On 26 November 2013 10:49, John Mikes <[email protected]> wrote: > As part of that endless back-and-forth into Hinduistic Blackholes and > Bohr's GR (!!) Bruno wrote: > > *"We have no "perfect" democracy, but an imperfect democracy is still > better than a tyranny. Then we have been blind and tolerate prohibition > laws which change, slowly but surely, democracy into corporatist-tyranny, > and that can only lead to catastrophes for all. "* > > Did you read it? you just said the beginning's opposite at the end. I > don't condone a "little bit tyrannic" democracy, the ruling of the FEW > (rich owners) over the MANY (employed wage-earners). > Voting is a hoax. A cabdidate lies during the campaign and formulates his > views into programs LESS controversial to many than would be the total > program, so he can BUY votes from the uninformed. The voters take (some) > compromise to avoid those candidates who are MORE controversial to their > interest. > > Concerning *G U N S - *you are lucky enough not to live in a country > with gun-abuse. > > *:"We should not prohibit guns either (although we could enforce serious > regulations, and try to avoid selling efficacious automated guns to > neurotic kids).* > *In principle, I am in favor of the personal atomic bomb (take this with > some amount of grains of salt)."* > > It is not the* 'neurotic kids'. *the killer gun-users use often stolen > guns, or just buy them with a CLEAN background check: B E F O R E they get > a 'background'. E.g. Daddy has a lot of guns and the 6 year old steals one > (a loaded one) to shoot his friend - or mother. It is not a prohibition! > Both "legal" and "illegal" guns kill. (I hate to include here the military: > as long as there are wars, the use of guns has an aura for 'hero' killers - > they get medals. Sais a 'surviver' fighter member of the anti-Nazi > underground in Europe in WWII). When I was first in the USA (Sabbatical > 1965-66) a friend loaned us his car in California with the warning to be > careful: when passing someone on the highway: he may take out his gun and > shoot me. > Those "serious regulations' you mentioned are out of question: the > super-wealthy gun lobby would not allow them to pass. The NRA (National > Murder Association) makes lots of profit on gun-users. > Liz?????? >
I think I agree with everything you have said here. (Well, maybe I'm not sure about the first line at the top!) PS What I said about tyrants being less able to operate was concerned with the obvious ones like Stalin. Now the wheel turns and we get "stealth tyranny" utilising hi-tech -- which may end up as bad in the long run, if not stopped. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
