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Originally posted by PatrickHenry,
Didn't Iraq under Hussein have "elections?"
Does propaganda have a role in a police state? What constitutes propaganda?
How about weapons in the hands of citizens?
How about the right to assemble and petition re: grievances? |
No, Iraq didn't really have elections. They had these things where people went out and punched a hole in the Saddam Hussein part of the ballet at gunpoint. All criticisms of the electoral college aside, voters still have an influence in how the votes get allocated, hence the 2000 election contentions and all the campaigning.
You can define propoganda a lot of ways. It could simply be anything that supports one view over another, most people tend to see it as misleading (and thus they use that word on anything they disagree with).
Citizens have a right to weapons. Felons, and all that stuff, don't, of course. An armed citizenry is the best defense against lots of things. Crime, an attempted coup, Canadian invasion, etc.
The right to assemble, I think we have it pretty good. You can assemble so long as you keep things calm, don't start setting fires and rocking cars and such. Thats when the police come in to break it up. Petition, I really don't know. I'd say that petitions should be able to force Congress or the courts to take a look at a specific issue. Greivances should be dealt with through the courts, and the courts should have the ability to enforce law on the government itself.
For instance, about firearms, if I ever seen blue UN helmets in this country (those morons who wrote Kofi the jew hater for oversight on our elections committed treason, you never ever invite armed foreigners to have a part in our election process), I'm going to get a bunch of guys together and we're going to make sure they leave.