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From: Noel on 17 Jul 2010 00:16

"Igor" <thoovler(a)excite.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 14, 11:42 pm, Andrew Usher <k_over_hb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> (Yes, I will post this every year)
>
> In 1789, the French showed that ordinary people could make a
> difference in throwing off an increasingly oppressive, dishonest,
> unresponsive government. What they did ranks as the most successful
> democratic revolution of all time; for their achievements have never
> been reversed. No one, not even the Bourbons, could think of restoring
> the Old Regime.
>
> In just a few years, they succeeded at changing everything; basically
> none of the old government or bureaucracy remained. It's harder today,
> though, because too many people depend for their livelihood on it. A
> socialist system to ensure people's livelihood would be a necessity
> but even with it it is harder than it was then in France. After 1789,
> the old privileged class was on its way to extinction, and only traces
> of it remain. The victory, however,
> was not final. There is now a new privileged class, one that though
> they ostensibly earn most of their money, are not less parasitical
> than the old.
>
> Today is July 14, Bastille Day. Inside France, it may be a celebration
> of nationalism. Outside France, we should look past that and remember
> what revolution is for someday we shall have to storm our Bastille.
>
> Andrew Usher

-Why do you want to overthrow our democracy? Wouldn't that be like a
-reverse French Revolution?

Hahahahahah democracy - yeh right!



From: Andrew Usher on 17 Jul 2010 16:31
Igor wrote:

> Why do you want to overthrow our democracy? Wouldn't that be like a
> reverse French Revolution?

Democracy is a sham. The real issues get decided well away from the
polls. And even if our politicians were completely honest the average
voter couldn't understand the issues, anyway.

Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 17 Jul 2010 16:32
Zerkon wrote:

> > Today is July 14, Bastille Day. Inside France, it may be a celebration
> > of nationalism. Outside France, we should look past that and remember
> > what revolution is for someday we shall have to storm our Bastille.
> >
> Agree completely but there maybe a traditional problem with this
> agreement. We may agree but for entirely different reasons not the least
> of which being what the Bastille is.

I deliberately left it vague but it's certainly not a physical place.

Andrew Usher
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