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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: TimF who wrote (79791)	10/9/2006 5:03:49 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (3) of 81568

>>A government's power to rule is always based on force. Iraq's government has to apply more force because organized groups are applying force to prevent the government from ruling. That shows a severe lack of security and stability, but not a lack of democracy.<< Tim - In your zeal to disagree with me, you've veered into a very strange place. Are you suggesting that in the United States, the only reason we accept the government's authority is because we will be shot if we don't? In a Democracy, the government's ability to rule is based on the consent of the governed, by definition. - Allen

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