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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: Yogizuna who wrote (6086)	5/23/2000 9:04:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) of 9127

The combination of surprise and overwhelming force is used because it has, in practice, been found to preempt resistance and avoid situations where bloodshed can occur on both sides. It's not pretty, but it works. You err, also, in assuming that this sort of thing is new to America. It's not. Remember the whisky rebellion? Soldiers shooting strikers? Cops bashing heads outside political conventions? None of these things are pretty. There has always been an authoritarian and violent undercurrent in our government, in fact in most governments. If you defy the law, you get hammered. Unfortunate but true. I'm not saying I approve of any of these things, only that the recent incidents are by no means unique and do not represent some sudden slide into authoritarianism.

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