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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (64859)	10/30/2002 11:28:16 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

There being no perfect society, there is always something to oppose: "Or like some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood;..." But in terms of the use of dissident as one opposing a tyrannical government and risking death or long term imprisonment for it, you're more right than not, though even today a strong and principled opposition to certain government policies -- war with Iraq, abortion -- might rise to the level of dissent. But only as to policies of governent, not as to the entire structure of the government itself, you're right about that.