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To: Quincy who wrote (464)6/12/2001 5:58:43 PM
From: Father Terrence   of 1715
 
I don't call it communism, you keep using that word.

As for competing... it is very difficult to compete against a monopolistic government. (Although Coca-Cola did it early in the last century by having employees ride shotgun in its trucks with strict orders to shoot to kill any federal agents that tried to stop or fire on Coke's trucks.)

The will of the people should not subvert the inalienable rights of the people. That it has been able to do so during the past 100 years is what has helped to destroy this country in many ways -- not build it.

The U.S. is a republic before it is a democracy. Sometimes the "will of the people" means nothing. A case in point is slavery.
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