[Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule Reply to Stan

[Saroj Gilbert]

Right.. like Darfur-Annan... check out this story: 
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8613542&src=eDialog/GetContent

Saroj
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule Reply to Stan


> yes Ed, but the world is full of Iraq situations - even among countries we 
> feel we must call our friends.  Where do you want to draw the line?  How 
> many of our lives do you want to pay?  How much money do you want to 
> invest instead of putting it into making this country the place it could 
> be?  And are you sure that we know what we are doing so that it will 
> really work in the end?  Humans appreciate most what they create on their 
> own.  Change has to come from within.  The real mistake, in my opinion was 
> when the first Bush encouraged the north and south to challenge the regime 
> and then left them hanging without the hardware support they were under 
> the impression they would be getting..  But I also am out of my league 
> here .......
>
> stan/ec
>   .
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:05 AM
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule Reply to Stan
>
>
> Stan:
> The only issue I have with this line is thugs and ruthless.  In Iraq
> even if you followed the official line, you were at risk of death or 
> severe
> personal injury.  Individuals or minorities could not effect any change to
> live a reasonable life.  We who live in America presume a certain amount 
> of
> personal safety.  It is just not so, even here.  I will stop here and let
> the power shooters continue...
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of stan
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:32 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule
>
> See, we both think alike:  It is easy to be generous with other people's
> lives.  Anyone who wants to make the world over in our own image may try 
> to
> do so with their own lives.  Why come after mine?
>
> stan/ec
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Philip Esteban" <3drecon at comcast.net>
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule
>
>
>> It is easy to be generous with other people's labour ($$).  Anyone who
>> wants
>> to feed the world may try to do so with their own labours.  Why come 
>> after
>> mine?
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Robert Skinner
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:27 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule
>>
>>
>> Steve wrote:
>>> ...
>>> There is a concept in a republic; majority rules.  And
>>> that is fare...
>>
>> 1.  Untempered majority rule is equivalent to tyranny for
>>    the minority.  Guess that blacks, jews, latinos, or
>>    any but WASPs get no breaks under your rules.
>>
>> 2.  The use of the word "fare" is ironic.  In the completely
>>    free market, if you can't pay for food, you starve.  Of
>>    course, desperate people can't steal from you if you cut
>>    their hands off, like other fundamentalists...
>>
>> How do these consequences of what you advocate mesh with
>> "compassionate conservatism"?  Or do you agree that this
>> phrase is oxymoronic?
>>
>> Moderation is more than a word.  It is a way of life.
>> Blind obedience or pursuit of absolute power is a way
>> of death.
>>
>> Jai Bahgwan,
>> /Bob
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