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To: D. Long who wrote (222449)	10/4/2007 1:19:03 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794354

As long as the people have it in their power to choose their representatives and the government is not acting arbitrarily and against the rights of the people, then there are no lawful grounds for rebellion. Our ancestors made a social compact to enter into a dissoluble union, and as long as our institutions remain within the bounds of representative democracy we are bound to live with it as a civil society. Agree, especially with the notion that the Union is dissoluble. No, I am not being oppressed. But is oppression required in order to assert the right to be governed by consent? Like you, I would argue that democratic institutions sufficiently protect individual rights. The right to ask for a different kind of government cannot really be tested unless a choice is presented. Although I was acting as an agent provocateur when I mentioned post-Katrina South Louisiana, it would not surprise me if a secession referendum would gather appx. 25-30% of the "yea" vote.