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To: Chas. who wrote (67473)	10/22/2010 5:10:31 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 220016

VVV provided a mechanism for Europeans to rape and steal from the indigenous population. Then it was retaken by force with the virtuous Victorians and their allies kicking and screaming bloody murder.. Rhodesia also ? I guess we in America and Canada have afforded the same benevolence upon the natives here LOL c'mon.. Virtuous Victorians had the biggest stick... now they don't. No fun when the other guys stick is bigger. TBS

To: Chas. who wrote (67473)	10/26/2010 11:30:02 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 220016

That's not totally obvious < Obviously apartheid was a very evil practice > Perhaps some aspects of it were, but not all. For example, now everyone can vote to take opm. Previously, that was not the case. Women now are allowed to vote, even if they contribute no cash flow to government coffers. 100 years ago, women were not allowed to vote. Not long before that, only the landed gentry could vote. In China, only the in-crowd has a say now with voting generally a non-starter. I suspect that under apartheid rule, total per capita happiness was higher than now in South Africa, and under the rules of Salisbury. As TJ says, democracy is over-rated. Voting to take opm by legalized theft is not the highest form of civilization. Mqurice