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To: arun gera who wrote (25659)	11/26/2007 1:23:43 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218168

Arun, people today get a bit too precious about things that went on in the 20th century, let alone the 19th. At the end of the 19th century women couldn't vote either, so it's not exactly surprising that Indians were allowed to vote. They never had been allowed to vote. They were always just chattels of the local bosses, same as all around the world. With the British, they got more and more into the self-governing and democratic processes. As TJ says, would we really want the theocracy back in charge of Tibet? Religious rulers have never been strong on tender, loving care. Like other megalomaniacs, they are about power and property. While Helen Clark is an evil-doer who needs to be overthrown by we revolutionaries, it is a good thing that she is there by the choice of the electorate than that some priesthood is in charge. It will make turfing her out so much easier than if she had the police and army lined up to shoot anyone in opposition. A mere tick in a ballot and she will be gone and good riddance. Mqurice