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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: TimF who wrote (764593)1/18/2014 8:27:28 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (2) of 1572953
 
Dude, that is not the point at all. You need to study the history of democracy a bit more I think.

Yes, they survived, but they were brutal!

That is the point.

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You do understand that many societies both in the past and today, get by without habeas corpus. Since they do get by, and have gotten by, without it, that shows that societies can get by without it. It doesn't mean dropping it or never getting it is a good idea, merely that it doesn't inevitably lead to the destruction of society.

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