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To: tejek who wrote (300456)	8/24/2006 5:43:46 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 1572532

Probably not but keeping them in jail after the charges were determined to be baseless is a form of tyranny. If the charges have been determined to be entirely baseless and they are kept for any length of time, it might be considered tyrannical against those individuals. But that isn't going to happen. When an American is arrested for committing a crime he is either charged or released. "Usually it would be used when people are shot or sent to the gulag for speaking out against the leader, or some similar level of oppression. Alternatively it can mean absolute rule by one ruler who ceased power through force. Neither definition applies to the current situation in the US." The definition of tyranny is not nearly as narrow as you are describing it up above. What I said above was not narrow, notice "or some similar level of oppression. If you can speak out against the government with no fear or prior restraint or punishment. If you can vote the government out of power. If you generally have the legal protections that we have in the US than its not reasonable to talk of us being under the thumb of a tyrannical government.

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