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Half-Century Man

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6. Voting/vetoing with bullets is terrible thing

Reply to Civilization2 (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 19, 2013, 03:02 AM

Aug 2013

effective yes; but still something to be avoided as much as possible.
The old saying that "violence solves nothing" is wrong. Violence always changes the outcome. The problem is the final outcome is very difficult to predict. The greater the violence, the greater the skew in the prediction.

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Detroit's Emergency Manager Will Raid Detroit's Artwork [View all] rdubwiley Aug 2013 OP

1%'s, big art sale coming up. elehhhhna Aug 2013 #1

Orr does have to survive a walk to his car,. . democracy is as the people do. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #2

Voting/vetoing with bullets is terrible thing Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #6

I never said anything about guns,. however Michigan is a "stand your ground" state,. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #7

Ahhh, sorry, I guess I missed the point. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #8

Alice Walton DonCoquixote Aug 2013 #3

Can someone tell me how this is different Tansy_Gold Aug 2013 #4

Well rdubwiley Aug 2013 #5