Freedom The place of religion in democratic secular countries 19 Feb 201519 Feb 2015 There is a religion which oppresses women, which is enthusiastically adopted by marginalised groups, which hates democracy and which has declared the modern world to be a heresy they call “Americanism”. This religion, which is run entirely by men, demands of its adherents loyalty to a small group of clerics… Read More
Administrative Stormy weather 17 Nov 200818 Sep 2017 We had a little storm here yesterday. It left my brother’s flat wet inside and out, destroying their mattresses, and giving my motorcycle a jet blast clean. It’s clean for the first time since I bought it four years ago. I was, not to put too fine a point on… Read More
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Americans are lucky now. They can vote a bad king out of office, rather than having to commit sedition and high treason and wage war to do it. For now, at least.
Unless I’m confused, Aaron has the same ability to vote an American president out of office as I do, ie. none (minor matter of citizenship and a border).
If bad ol’ King GWB really wanted to see the how warlike Americans can be all he would have to do is try to prevent his replacement by election. This country would be ungovernable by a dictator, but we have some, ableit old, experience at civil war. Sincerely,
People do not remain constant over time. Your grandparents’ generation might have fought. I worry about this one. This is so much like last days of the Roman Republic.
What is sad is not that you are right, but that you are half right. The most belligerent of Americans are precisely those who support the belligerency of Bush. Those most likely to oppose him are the least likely to have the skill necessary and it is a foregone conclusion whose side the U.S. military would be on. Sincerely,