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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (106221)	7/18/2003 5:49:25 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

I don't believe that forbidding the Nazi party or the Communist party or their variants is productive in a democratic society even though I detest their programs and would fight them if they were to come to power. Apparently there must be some confusion.. Because I believe I stated essentially the same thing.. If any power group subjugates itself to the constitutional electoral process (elections), then I can tolerate it. They are subjecting their views to the marketplace (voters) for approval/disapproval. Those groups who seek to enact change without submitting to elections (terrorism, insurgency, civil war) do not have the right to expect to be tolerated by the society in which they operate. Especially if the system they seek to create will result in the nullification of all constitutional rights. But if the government lies to its population about fundamental threats and problems then there is a real possibility that the society will turn to undemocratic systems and reject the Constitution and the D of I. Then vote it out. Hawk