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  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    unifiedscene wrote:
    I'm not surprised.
    here's your fucking example:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7747187.stm
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    _outlaw wrote:
    You do know that I basically agree with everything you said in this post, right? ;)
    Indeed i do :)
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    _outlaw wrote:
    what? is this directed towards me or something?
    no
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • unifiedscene
    unifiedscene Posts: 462
    _outlaw wrote:
    here's your fucking example:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7747187.stm

    That is alarming. I hope they win their appeal, if their operations are truly as clean as they say they are. I don't doubt there are many miscarriages of justice in this country, and much political manipulation of the system and railroading (as in the Plame example mentioned above). But to argue that it comes anywhere near matching total state control as in China is absurd. Here we have trials, appeals, unlimited internet access, etc. Granted, the powerful will always be able to abuse these processes to an extent for their own benefit. But I'd still prefer to be here than China, where you could not even read a story like this and would probably be executed without appeal if they decided you had done something like this. Things here are far from perfect, but they could also be far worse. I prefer my chances of taking on the establishment here to trying it in China. That's all I'm saying.
    she was underwhelmed, if that's a word
  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    while i was riding my bike home today, a thought occured to me.....i needed someone with authority to show me how "not to be" or how "to be". in essence, i became better than the person that had authority over me, if i disliked the way they used their authority. the inverse is true, if i liked the way the person used their authority, i could only learn from them.

    despite all of our differences, i know we have much in common and i wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.

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