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To: koan who wrote (792659)	6/30/2014 3:07:10 PM
From: one_less	2 Recommendations Recommended By steve harris Tenchusatsu Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573352

Are you afraid to answer straight forward questions?

To: koan who wrote (792659)	7/1/2014 2:03:32 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573352

>>>"Tell me a country with a better system than ours that has ever existed! >>>If you cannot, then you must realize you are howling at the moon." Whether or not I can identify a better system than "ours" has nothing to do with the questions I asked you, and which you ran away from. However... Depending on what you are targeting as a system, there are countries that have better systems than ours. The USA has been ranked 18th in education, for example. http://eblogfa.com/tech/top-20-best-education-systems-countries-in-the-world#axzz36EvDlrI2 If you are referring to a better government system in general, again it depends on what your target is. You simplify it to a simple democracy, which doesn't adequately describe our government. So, "yours" is not "ours" as you imply. There are many democracies, I actually don’t like. The democracy in Palestine has empowered a known terror organization (Hamas) to rule over the land. There are democracies that are known for oppressing sub-groups, as we have witnessed in Iraq. I like the idea, freedoms, principles, and strategic interests of the government of the USA better than any other. I don’t like to see a good idea become corrupted to the point that it is no longer functional … like our congress, and unless corrected, as goes congress so goes the entire system. I like the foundation in the Declaration of Independence which declares natural rights as a higher authority than government control. I like how the structure of government was defined as subordinate to “we the people.” You have waged war against those notions in an attempt to flip the power of government so that it takes care of people by controlling them. A shift to government centered life ... as apposed to a life of personal responsibility and contribution to the well being of self and other with protections from a coercive authority.