Eirinjas,Oct 28 2005, 01:50 PM Wrote:You mean, for instance, like the tyranny of the majority of [Republicans in both Houses]? What about the tyranny of the minority? Took one man to send us into Vietnam, and one man to send us into Iraq. No Congressional, and therefore, no legal authority for those wars.
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Tyranny n 1. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) 2. Dominance through threat of punishment and violence
There you go again with your contradictorily examples! Bush is Republican while JFK was Democratic. In addition, it took more than "one-man" to send us to these wars! Are you implying America is a dictatorship? If your looking to point the finger and blame someone for these wars, find out whom OKâd the buck! One man's ideas don't start a war; it takes a nation of willing individuals to start a war. Unless, of course, youâre implying we have no choice or perhaps live in a communistic society. Those who opposed had their peace rallies but apparently, most of the nation thought the war was justified for I don't recall any political movements to overthrow the government in either of these incidents. Why are you trying to compare tyranny/racism to political ties in your recent posts? Moreover, how do you justify calling any of these parties lines tyrants? This I'd really like to know!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
EDIT - Oops, I didn't see your similar post Occi. Oh well, no harm, no foul.
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