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Alexis de Tocqueville on the U.S. election | by DesertRat66 | 2008-01-15 09:04:28 |
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I take it this isn't recent enough to | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 09:49:28 |
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It is a warning | by DesertRat66 | 2008-01-15 09:57:32 |
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Surrender of freedom to a tutelary power | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 10:22:49 |
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And you wonder why we're advocates... | by esbita | 2008-01-15 10:33:24 |
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Yes. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 10:40:54 |
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by esbita |
2008-01-15 11:09:08 |
...very difficult. Thousands of years of history shows that a government that gets too large and powerful tends to oppress its citizens (and everyone else it can reach, too).
Then again, we also have very different ideas on what the valid tasks of the government really are. |
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I suspect we aren't likely to agree on this. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 13:33:53 |
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Oil and water, yes. | by esbita | 2008-01-15 13:56:19 |
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Maybe we live in different worlds then. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 14:01:11 |
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um, you mean like the recent posts you made | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:02:35 |
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You have me mistaken for someone else. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 14:21:34 |
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Indeed I do not have you mistaken for someone else (n/t) | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:22:59 |
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I expect that they should be adults | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 14:24:13 |
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You forgot egocentric (n/t) | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:25:10 |
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I thought all those things = egocentric. (n/t) | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 14:25:41 |
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hrm. i'll have to consider that, but you may have | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:29:07 |
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I'm sorry to hear that this is your experience. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 14:26:29 |
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No. too many people see this in too many | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:28:34 |
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Do I live in a better place than you? | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 14:33:48 |
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You do not. | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:35:04 |
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Your glass may be half empty. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 14:41:56 |
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My glass is very nearly full. | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:45:02 |
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I had no idea you were a police man. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 14:58:46 |
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Which claim? | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 15:03:28 |
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Your claim that you stop people from taking | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 15:07:10 |
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Yes, and I do | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 15:10:07 |
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Are there a lot of attempts to take what is yours? | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 15:19:53 |
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a lot, no. But some, yes. | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 15:26:50 |
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What this thread needs is... | by swisscheese | 2008-01-15 17:46:31 |
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Every april 15th. (n/t) | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 19:32:14 |
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For what could be would require | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 14:49:53 |
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First 5 min of "Idiocracy" highlights that *well* (n/t) | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:51:18 |
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I really don't like that viewpoint. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 15:04:25 |
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I do see them as inevitable | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 15:10:22 |
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Are you kidding? | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 15:24:26 |
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There is plenty of work, | by lheggland | 2008-01-15 15:30:28 |
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That sucks. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 15:44:20 |
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The various Governments the people voted in | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 15:46:18 |
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Points WAY WAY WAY up this thread | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 19:35:37 |
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No a good selective plauge would | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 19:34:26 |
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You live in a rather small town | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 14:39:56 |
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I live on an acreage. | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 14:52:51 |
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Um, you do realise that most of the modern world | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 14:54:56 |
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How and where I live demonstrates that | by Peace_man | 2008-01-15 15:10:16 |
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For now, yes. | by subbywan | 2008-01-15 15:12:35 |
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your sample group is to small and homgenous then. (n/t) | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 15:12:56 |
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ok then you live in a MUCH smaller community | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 14:56:09 |
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Just what do you consider a small town? | by lheggland | 2008-01-15 15:13:56 |
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3000 (roughly Havre De Grace sized) | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 15:20:06 |
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IMO, those are not small towns. | by lheggland | 2008-01-15 15:24:19 |
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Not really gonna happen on the east coast till | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 19:37:00 |
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Same world, but not all of us wear blinders. | by esbita | 2008-01-15 15:56:26 |
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Same in an italian neighborhood and for | by joecrouse | 2008-01-15 19:40:00 |