From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:22:39 +0000, Adam Flinton
 wrote:

> Or when they take over & jail/shoot all those who would have jailed them.
>  Look at Zimbabwe. Being a member of ZANU & ZAPU were jailable offences.
> Then ZANU became the gov & not being a member of zanu became in effect a
> jailable/shootable offence.
>  Ditto being a member of the VC in S. Vietnam etc.
>  It's a power thing. If you have it, you get to jail/kill your
> opponents. Iif they have it, they get to jail/kill you.
>  Adam

This, interestingly enough, is one of the arguments against a freely
elected President and for the electoral system the US enjoys.  True enough,
it could use some tweaking, but the basic concept is that a simple majority
can't rule unchecked.  Although the House and Senate are tending that way,
these days.

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Steve 
http://www.qmss.com/sewing

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