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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective

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To: GHowe who wrote (1947)	10/10/2000 10:03:11 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) of 10042

Education is probably a more important bulwark against totalitarianism than guns. A lot of stupid uneducated people with guns are likely to do what they are told. Educated people tend to think for themselves- or at least the educated people I know do- I don't want to over generalize. In a country the size of ours the pacification of the population would be extremely difficult with or without an armed populace. What I worry about is ignorant people welcoming dictatorship with open arms (saying things like "I forgive my government for lying to me about selling arms for hostages because gosh darnit I know they were real PATRIOTS!" Gag me with a spoon. Real zealots more like. Dictatorship often comes dressed as a patriot. And fools welcome it.)

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