On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 17:11:44 -0800 Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Just because our current system isn't perfectly democratic doesn't > mean that we shouldn't defend the democratic rights we have.
I wonder whether it's a good idea for the Left to 'defend' anything. Shouldn't we be on the attack? Then there's the question of just what 'democratic rights' we currently have. As far as I can see, that's pretty much the null set, in practice. Yes, I have freedom of speech -- until they decide to lock me up on some flimsy pretext, as they could do any time. The only reason they haven't is that I'm so ineffectual. This applies to all of us, of course. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
