Bob Calco wrote: >> Why do you equate socialism with tyranny. It denotes a big gap in your >> political knowledge. > > No the gap is in yours. Socialism is a form of statism, which is a form of > tyranny. The state makes most important life decisions for you, ostensibly > to protect you from making bad decisions and to ensure everybody has > "equality"; and it takes most of your income to do with it what it pleases, > based on whoever the ruling party is at the time. How is it not a form of > tyranny?
Let's see, you display such a big amount of prejudices and half truths that I don't know where to begin. Let's go for the most obvious, you say you believe in democracy. In these countries they have elections (democratic ones, one man one vote) they also have laws (and they respect them more than you do) and there are "democratic" ways to change governments and political orientation of the country. Yet they are happy with their system and they like it that way. Where is the tyranny there? If you object the ruling of the majority so does Bill G. when he says anti-trust laws are "a form of statism" and that it is tyrannical to prevent him from forming monopolies. > >> These socialist countries (Denmark, Sweden, etc) >> are way more democratic and free than yours. > > Really? In what way am I less free than a Dane? Well, I've seen how your police force handles manifestations they don't like. Let me tell you that does not happen in Denmark. And a citizen won't get different treatment based or race or origin, as we can agree happens in your country. > >> Do you really think you are hated in most South America and in oh so >> many other places just because we don't like your faces? Or because we >> envy you? C'mon! > > I don't think we're hated everywhere, and that claim is a gross > over-simplification of the world's view of us. A great many people around > the world love us and what we stand for. Let me tell you a story. Something that happened when I went to see that film... "4th of july"(?). Where that alien ship flies over the white house and destroys it with a beam. Everybody in the theater started clapping, whopping and shouting hurray. I was astounded at the level of resentment displayed in a theater where a Hollywood film was on display (I mean it was not a communist party reunion). And we are as far away from you as possible in this continent, imagine what happens with people who have to suffer you near. Just draw your own conclusions. > Conversely, there are people even > here in the US, our own citizens, who hate us and what we stand for. There > are some aspects of us worth loving, other areas where we could be a lot > better. You mean you could be better at invading other countries? Or at organizing coups against democratically elected leaders? Maybe at abducting citizens from their countries and taking them to other places where they will be tortured? > > Generally speaking, if you believe in economic freedom and religious > liberty, you'll love us, and if you believe in state-controlled economic > policy and either a.) enforcement of a single religion, or b.) wiping out of > all religion, then you'll hate us. LOL You ate the whole book.... raw! > > If most of the world "hates us" it is as much a reflection on them as it is > us. I usually think that if my neighbour hates me it must be something wrong with him, but if MOST my neighbours hate me then there must be something wrong with me. > Worrying what my friends thought of me never got me anywhere in life. So why do you keep justifying your country? If you don't care then shut up. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
