Boulder Shooting
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@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
Elbows up!
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@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
I don't really understand the fascination so many Americans seem to have with this weird fantasy. If they want to go and live in a cave, they can just do it, they don't need a war.
Perhaps it started when we were chunking tea into Boston Harbor...
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
I don't really understand the fascination so many Americans seem to have with this weird fantasy. If they want to go and live in a cave, they can just do it, they don't need a war.
Perhaps it started when we were chunking tea into Boston Harbor...
How many times do we need to tell you?
You. need. to. boil. the. freaking. water.
Honestly, getting a decent cup around here is about as likely as a bunch of virgins-dressed-as-vikings overthrowing the government.
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@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
I don't really understand the fascination so many Americans seem to have with this weird fantasy. If they want to go and live in a cave, they can just do it, they don't need a war.
Perhaps it started when we were chunking tea into Boston Harbor...
How many times do we need to tell you?
You. need. to. boil. the. freaking. water.
Honestly, getting a decent cup around here is about as likely as a bunch of virgins-dressed-as-vikings overthrowing the government.
@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
I don't really understand the fascination so many Americans seem to have with this weird fantasy. If they want to go and live in a cave, they can just do it, they don't need a war.
Perhaps it started when we were chunking tea into Boston Harbor...
How many times do we need to tell you?
You. need. to. boil. the. freaking. water.
Honestly, getting a decent cup around here is about as likely as a bunch of virgins-dressed-as-vikings overthrowing the government.
Drink coffee. It's good for you.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
I don't really understand the fascination so many Americans seem to have with this weird fantasy. If they want to go and live in a cave, they can just do it, they don't need a war.
Perhaps it started when we were chunking tea into Boston Harbor...
How many times do we need to tell you?
You. need. to. boil. the. freaking. water.
Honestly, getting a decent cup around here is about as likely as a bunch of virgins-dressed-as-vikings overthrowing the government.
Drink coffee. It's good for you.
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
Drink coffee. It's good for you.
It makes me argumentative and irritable.
Maybe if the yanks drank more tea.....
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@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
Don't you think that it is kind of late to wish that your ancestors were less hot headed and waited until Dominion status was granted before embarking on the road to independence?
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@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
Don't you think that it is kind of late to wish that your ancestors were less hot headed and waited until Dominion status was granted before embarking on the road to independence?
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
Don't you think that it is kind of late to wish that your ancestors were less hot headed and waited until Dominion status was granted before embarking on the road to independence?
No.
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
Having said that, both are ephemeral.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
Don't you think that it is kind of late to wish that your ancestors were less hot headed and waited until Dominion status was granted before embarking on the road to independence?
No.
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
Having said that, both are ephemeral.
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@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@renauda said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
What is your (collective your) defense against a repressive and tyrannical government?
Parliamentary governance reinforced by robust institutions supporting that constitutional tradition. In short, "peace, order and good government".
And how long does that last? It is the natural propensity for power to consolidate, and as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Man seems not to be able to help himself.
I think Jefferson was right, in his view about an occasional revolution...
I don't share your or Jefferson's cynical republican propensity at all. There's is a lot you obviously do not understand about the institutions and traditions of parliamentary governance.
I admit, I'm no expert on parliamentary governance. But I think the observation still holds about men and power.
Just look at what has happened in the U.S. post-Civil War.
Don't you think that it is kind of late to wish that your ancestors were less hot headed and waited until Dominion status was granted before embarking on the road to independence?
No.
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
Having said that, both are ephemeral.
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
What evidence are you basing this claim on?
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@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
What evidence are you basing this claim on?
@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
What evidence are you basing this claim on?
Plato.
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@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
What evidence are you basing this claim on?
Plato.
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
@doctor-phibes said in Boulder Shooting:
@jolly said in Boulder Shooting:
If done correctly, a republic is superior to a parliamentary government.
What evidence are you basing this claim on?
Plato.
As revised by Machiavelli and Hobbes.
