Padilla

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>  >It would seem to me that on the surface every single action of the u.s.
>>state since 9/11 has _decreased_ the security of the people of the u.s.,
>>whatever such actions may or may not have done in regard to the
>>political security of the ruling class. Every single person in the U.S.
>>is now in greater danger than he/she was on Sept. 12 -- and the fault
>>for this greater danger lies with the stupidity and/or malevolence of
>>the u.s. responses to 9/11. At least the burden of proof clearly lies on
>>those, like Wojtek, who would argue otherwise.
>>
>>Carrol
>
>Stop Carrol, you're scaring me. Hopefully, the current administration
>realizes it will be voted out of office after another attack so they are
>probably trying to prevent one, since this involves their political security.
>Bourgeois democracy does have its upside.
>
>Peter

After another attack, maybe Americans will be talked into reaching "a 
reasonable compromise" between security and voting rights.  Bush 
didn't win the last election, and Americans already passively 
consented to having a Banana Republican in the White House -- and 
that's before 9.11.01!
-- 
Yoshie

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