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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
I am well aware of my country's history, both good and bad.
The misuse of power seems to be common among all governments, no matter where you live.
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Good for you on the awareness front! I wasn't assuming that you -- or you and Ricky in particular didn't know -- ( thus the "If you're not aware..."). Rather I was being cognizant that waaaay too many people
don't know. As for misuse of power, it seems to be a sad truth. All of the very largest screw-ups seem to me to have been enabled by misuse of government power -- perhaps because no other entities are powerful enough to screw up that badly.
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
That being said, I stand by my statements.
People seem to constantly confuse the "God given ability to.." with the "God given right to....."
Until enough people have enough guts to look around and say "Enough. We will not tolerate the abuse of the innocent this way. We will not tolerate excuses, we will protect our children, elderly, and weak." the cycle will continue.
If we can't do that by the simple act of making sure our own children are fed by the time they leave the house, we certainly will never do that for others.
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The paragraph I bold-faced above embodies my preferred way to begin solving the problem. I still think it's important to explain clearly why a particular solution won't lead to the bad places we've been in the past.
Xenophon