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To: gypsees who wrote (28631)	2/24/2003 3:52:07 PM
From: bramble88	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57110

I'm not pissed at France. But more to the point: You are SO right. Democracy is not so simple and it is often but an illusion. I fully agree that the majority in this country is also dispossessed. The interests our country pursues are those of the 'leading' elite; it is that way everywhere. This is why these sorts of discussions are very difficult and intractable. We all have a tendency to group ourselves and others so that we can target an identifiable group with our opinion (be it positive or negative). It is so easy to forget in the midsts of such exchanges that people are individuals. I've always hated that favorite line of politicians that inevitably starts with the words "The American people want..." How the h*ll can they say what the American people want if a half dozen of us on this thread cannot agree with one another on some fundamental realities..?