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2010-01-20, 05:13 | Link #5482 |
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xD. Not what I'd call Democracy...
Seriously, I cannot believe I'm saying this (speaking from a free world democratic country), but I think democracy is an excuse to give people too much power. Lets look at communist China. I mean, sure the idea of a great big internet filter is not what I'd call fair, but the quality of life sustained is quite reasonable. It's capitalist cousin Hong Kong is doing well in it's own right, where it seems laws like no spitting on the sidewalk are actually obeyed, and as a result, most environments are clean (such as MTR stations). Now, over here, it would so seem with freedom, comes those idiots who would want to take advantage of that. As a result, senate spends most of question time trying to lobby ridiculous laws rather than review important trends and issues. I still don't trust myself walking down Point Cook Road after I had a run in with a drunk that threatened to bash me. Nothing proper is going to get done quickly and efficiently in a democratic government. I'm not saying go communism (it'll be a hell of a long time before I agree to give up my constitutional rights as a free citizen of Australia), but wondering that maybe it just...works in some cases.
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2010-01-20, 05:24 | Link #5483 |
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Democracy can be a double edge blade...
If your law enforcer dont act accordingly well, democracy can be democrazy... An example would be in my country, Indonesia, where all the citizens practise free speech as a shape of democracy. Yes, free speech as literally, - publishing books that bash the current goverment but without any evidence to backup the books. - accusing someone but without any evidence to backup it again Sometimes i would love to see how my country rules in monarchy. But alas, i bet that people in communism country like China will still say, democracy country is better than communism. Grass is always greener on the other side of fence... |
2010-01-20, 07:04 | Link #5484 | |
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2010-01-20, 08:28 | Link #5485 |
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Yeah, that's what happens when you have one side that seriously thinks the other is a bunch of Christian fascists who want a theocracy (with the Bill of Righs replaced by Mosaic Law and all gays and pornographers in concentration camps), vs. one side that seriously thinks the other is a bunch of Communists who want nothing less than the USSA (with free drugs for all and depraved gays and pornographers allowed to prey on YOUR CHILDREN). That's the American Culture War in a nutshell. Sometimes I'm surprised there hasn't been a second civil war in this country. |
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60% of all the most retarded decisions in the history of humanity have probably been done because of morons screaming "think of the children". That's almost certainly a fact. |
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2010-01-20, 10:51 | Link #5487 | |
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2010-01-20, 11:30 | Link #5488 |
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I live in the same town as Scott Brown (Wrentham) so there was huge support for him in the past few weeks, so much so it was inescapable. I'm sure pretty much all the people in this area gave him their vote. I'm not entirely in tune with Brown's ideals but I'm happy he'll stop the current incarnation of the health bill from passing; it has become a monstrosity with all these revisions and compromises.
Or follow the constitution properly, which hasn't been done in my lifetime as far as I can remember... |
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^Way to prove andyjay729's point...
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How did Quakers conquer the British sweet shop? Warren Buffett attacks Cadbury takeover
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Of course, the real conflict is a 4-way or even six/eight way: left vs right statism vs individualism multinational corporate vs community metro vs retro This is complicated so the "left/right" simplification utterly fails as a descriptive model except to delude.
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2010-01-20, 13:19 | Link #5495 | |
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also... the right claims they want less government control yet they want to restrict the right for women to choose what they can and cannot do with their bodies... talk about the hypocrisy. and a note... the "left" most likely wouldn't lose, but hey just because your a "leftist" means you don't know how to use a gun amirite. Your partisan talking points really do get boring. |
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2010-01-20, 13:37 | Link #5496 |
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anyways...
Who will be the next "safe" Democratic Senator to lose? Boxer-CA Schumer-NY Feingold-WI Bayh-IN Other ? (One vote, and add some explanation of you like) I did not add people like Reid or Lincoln because they don't look safe. I'm thinking of people that before last week you would say "no way they could lose". |
2010-01-20, 13:39 | Link #5497 | |
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seriously this is getting old and childish, at least say something with some value like why these senators should leave office not just because their is a D/R next to their name. but then again that would be a pipe dream on my part because the reason you list them is because they have a D next to their name. |
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2010-01-20, 13:47 | Link #5498 |
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Simple. You choose a side. Whether it was because of personal idealogical beliefs (right v. left), or you simply think the "right" has more guns is unclear, but, you took a post about how the political hackery and partisian douchebaggery could destroy America, and turned it in to a Conservative win.
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2010-01-20, 13:52 | Link #5499 | |
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if you look back at the last several election when the democratic pick up senate. I think most of them were form open seats, only a few where form unseating a sitting senators.
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