03-13-2006, 02:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-13-2006, 02:14 PM by Occhidiangela.)
ShadowHM,Mar 13 2006, 06:57 AM Wrote:I respectfully disagree. I am a citizen. My voice is heard - possibly all too often, if you were to ask my elected representatives.  :) My lack of guns has made absolutely no difference to my ability to have my voice heard and my opinions solicited by those elected to do the bidding of the people.Those fine points mean that you trust politicians, and your system, to act within a certain set of bounds. At the moment, the trust has not been substantively betrayed, the odd irritating regulation here and there aside. That social equilibrium may be due to a set of norms that have spread throughout all levels of your social system. If that sustains, huzzah! :D Good news.
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What is your plan when the trust is betrayed, when the system has stress put on its seams and it cracks? It can happen, simpely because people are human. Having a back up plan is a useful posture to adopt.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete