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To: DJBEINO who wrote (7118)	3/18/2000 1:02:00 PM
From: SBHX	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9582

-OT- Analysts often underestimate the will of the people in any democracy. Paradoxically, if China had not come out to attack Chen so blatantly, many Taiwanese voters might not have decided to vote for Chen. Fact is, autocratic regimes expect to deal with docile citizens, and they get confused and react irrationally when the common people in the streets appear to show the ability to think for themselves, and express contrary opinions. Individuals can be cowed and defeated with threats of bullets and bodily pain, but democratic societies cannot --- this is a concept many people in governments not elected by people on the streets still do not understand. cnn.com ...SbH jumps off his soapbox, dusts the stand lightly, and goes off in a corner to count his losses and gains for the past two weeks.