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I thought it's the Iraqi's country, but apparently we're just the imperial occupiers saying that our people are better than theirs. The whole Blackwater situation is insane.

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i hate bush and dont understand the war. but u dont really know what happened in the blackwater incident, neither do I.

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Hell, 6 frat kids die its a huge story, 20 some Iraqis are murdered by cowboys and noone cares.

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Yeah, there has hardly been anything in the news about this at all....

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Their friends' news conferences weren't aired live on all the cable networks. Its a difference in content of coverage.

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Hell, 6 frat kids die its a huge story, 20 some Iraqis are murdered by cowboys and noone cares.

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Yeah, there has hardly been anything in the news about this at all....

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Their friends' news conferences weren't aired live on all the cable networks. Its a difference in content of coverage.

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Canis- which is more likely to get a headline-

Dog bites Man
Man bites Dog

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But bad people keep getting elected how can it be that the majority are good? You've got two options. Either everyone is evil and they like electing bad people or most people are good but the evil ones can use the power of the state to enact their evil. The answer isn't to put different people in charge and pray that their not going to be evil (when all historical evidence shows they will be) it's to stop putting people in charge full stop!

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What about most of the people who elect others are idiots? If you promise to do something about the gays getting married, they'll vote for you. With an electorate that focuses on important things like gay marriage, flag burning amendments and such, is it any wonder we get the kinds of governments we do?

(side note- I would add that, the above represents a significant amount of active voters, but most people are just disinterested, apathetic and don't know or care what's going on. American Idol is much more interesting.)

This is not a people who are going to work to make things better.

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But bad people keep getting elected how can it be that the majority are good? You've got two options. Either everyone is evil and they like electing bad people or most people are good but the evil ones can use the power of the state to enact their evil. The answer isn't to put different people in charge and pray that their not going to be evil (when all historical evidence shows they will be) it's to stop putting people in charge full stop!

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What about most of the people who elect others are idiots? If you promise to do something about the gays getting married, they'll vote for you. With an electorate that focuses on important things like gay marriage, flag burning amendments and such, is it any wonder we get the kinds of governments we do?

(side note- I would add that, the above represents a significant amount of active voters, but most people are just disinterested, apathetic and don't know or care what's going on. American Idol is much more interesting.)

This is not a people who are going to work to make things better.

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So why advocate a power structure (democracy) that actively encourages apathy? You only vote once every 5 years, there's no real, choice all politicians are the same. Why would people be interested in the process when their views are never listened to?

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So why advocate a power structure (democracy) that actively encourages apathy? You only vote once every 5 years, there's no real, choice all politicians are the same. Why would people be interested in the process when their views are never listened to?


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You're asking the wrong guy. I'm disillusioned and don't have any confidence that things will get better. I believe our political system has decayed and is spiraling downward.

I don't know how long it will take, but there will have to be revolution one day if things are to improve. Not taht I see any signs of that happening....

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What about most of the people who elect others are idiots?

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Indeed.

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tom,

there are many different democratic systems. The US has, IMO, one of the least desirable. Parliamentary, proportional systems seem much more effective.

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Why should we care about 17 random people in a world of 6 billion people?


Meanwhile...

Scientists KILL the oldest known living animal on earth


Now, that is important. One record setting animal certainly trumps a few dozen people any day, don't you think?

And this is what one of the scientists said: "Its death is an unfortunate aspect of this work"

That line could work for Blackwater too, no?

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Oh, the clamanity.