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I've never heard of such an amiable dictator yet, or for that matter,
such an amiable democracy either.
posted by
bandanafish
on November 6, 2006 at 6:09 PM
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Some dictators let everyone speak as a safety valve and then do exactly what they want and how they want! Some democrats let everyone speak and feel good and then do exactly what they want.
Yep, that just about sums up the EU, the US, Britain, and ... well just about every " democratic" country in the world/
It's what used to be called panem et circenses only most of us have forgotten, or never knew what that mean.
posted by
ariel70
on November 5, 2006 at 3:24 AM
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