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1-Old-Man

(2,667 posts) Mon Jun 3, 2013, 11:47 AM Jun 2013

Do you fear your Government? [View all]

Remember the old saw Governments should fear their people, not the other way around? I am certain my Government does not fear me and I am equally certain that I fear my Government.

How about you?

16 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	I have no fear of my Government
	5 (31%)
	My Government is out of the control of we the governed and I fear it.
	11 (69%)
	42
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Do you fear your Government? [View all] 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 OP

It's not like they kill people without trial, or anything. Octafish Jun 2013 #1

Well put, and the shame is that your list could go on and on and on .... 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #2

If it's not on the television, it didn't happen. Octafish Jun 2013 #6

^^^And this truebrit71 Jun 2013 #8

^^^This truebrit71 Jun 2013 #7

I have trouble with zero-sum questions, like fear is an ON - OFF switch. It's especially difficult patrice Jun 2013 #3

Perhaps "your" government does not fear you, BECAUSE you fear it. nt patrice Jun 2013 #4

I fear what poor management can do to citizens bigwillq Jun 2013 #5

Other. William769 Jun 2013 #9

That's a pretty either or poll el_bryanto Jun 2013 #10

I fear the monster is out of the pen. That monster is defense. Dash87 Jun 2013 #11

I agree. MIC and "our" government are almost 100% identical (thank you, John McCain et al).nt patrice Jun 2013 #15

No. Generally the government only goes after people who deserve it. Pragdem Jun 2013 #12

So, do you think the CIA is reading our minds, in service to aliens, or just reading our minds patrice Jun 2013 #13

In a democracy we shouldn't fear our government....or trust it. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #14

+1 million, because THAT is what freedom is. It takes courage to be free & freedom is what patrice Jun 2013 #16

Not fear Marrah_G Jun 2013 #17

I didn't used to PD Turk Jun 2013 #18

I can't think of one thing in my life that has changed in the slightest because of the government. randome Jun 2013 #19

Transportation: Government built the Interstates and it changed the country forever. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #29

BTW, talk to anyone with a phobia, fear is slavery to what is feared, because fear compels one patrice Jun 2013 #20

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #21

I fear the CONSEQUENCES G_j Jun 2013 #22

+10000!! FirstLight Jun 2013 #23

yes, and no FirstLight Jun 2013 #24

Which part? RC Jun 2013 #25

The only thing I fear is the anti-government super gun nuts Drale Jun 2013 #26

especially good.. Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #27

Where's 'other'? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #28