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Sat Jan-21-06 08:40 PM
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| Good read at Smirking Chimp today |
| TomInTib
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Sat Jan-21-06 08:46 PM
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| 1. What a story. I saw this yesterday and thought how ironic that anti-gang |
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laws are being used to prosecute (persecute, mayhap?) poltical protest.
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| snowbear
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Sat Jan-21-06 08:48 PM
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| 2. Smirking Chimp is a pretty cool place... |
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Thanks for sharing the article! ~~ :)
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Sat Jan-21-06 08:53 PM
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| 3. I loved his letter to the paper, and the Zinn quote. |
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Our problem IS civil obedience!! THAT is our biggest problem.
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| Jeffersons Ghost
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Sat Jan-21-06 09:15 PM
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| 4. that quote reminds me of the Republic by Plato |
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In book 1 he sets up some serious problems with tyrants and governments, so he can show how Justice eventually can prevail. Thomas Jefferson offers other solutions to government running amuck in his more obscure writings.
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