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Re: Beijing '08 ..Big-Money and Big-Brother...Tie the Knot!         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 7, 2008 19:51

On Apr 8, 5:39 pm, "jonathan" write.instead.net> wrote:
>                   Olympic Motto:  One-World One-Dream!
>                                                     or
>                                     The Deal of the Century
>
> To whit:  The Western World will 'Deed' ..legitimacy.. to Dictatorships
>                in exchange for commercial access to their 'captive' markets.
>
> These Olympics are all about selling out the freedom of a FIFTH of the world
> in exchange for exclusive 'rights' to the captive Chinese market.
>                              Truly a deal made in Hell.
>
>    The Chinese Communist Party badly needs a successful Olympics
>     to...legitimize...the largest and most repressive Dictatorship
>     in the history of humanity. The Western Corporations badly want
>     access to the FIFTH of the world that lives within China.
>
>                                  The Opening Ceremony
>          New Olympic Motto:  Truth is Stranger than Fiction!
> ...
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Re: Beijing '08 ..Big-Money and Big-Brother...Tie the Knot!         


Author: jonathan
Date: Apr 8, 2008 16:47

"Immortalist" yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9c68df01-2fdf-4cb0-a2ec-fc12962dc926@b9g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Apr 8, 5:39 pm, "jonathan" write.instead.net> wrote:
>>
>> These Olympics are all about selling out the freedom of a FIFTH of the world
>> in exchange for exclusive 'rights' to the captive Chinese market.
>> Truly a deal made in Hell.
>>
> Are you in the USA?
> This government invades a country contrary to the UN charter, condones
> torture, outs a CIA operative, ignores warrants for wiretaps,
> selectively leaks classified information for partisan gain, rounds up
> thousands of American Muslims without evidence, incarcerates hundreds
> at Guant
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Re: Beijing '08 ..Big-Money and Big-Brother...Tie the Knot!         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 8, 2008 23:17

On Apr 8, 4:47 pm, "jonathan" write.instead.net> wrote:
> "Immortalist" yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:9c68df01-2fdf-4cb0-a2ec-fc12962dc926@b9g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 8, 5:39 pm, "jonathan" write.instead.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>> These Olympics are all about selling out the freedom of a FIFTH of the world
>>> in exchange for exclusive 'rights' to the captive Chinese market.
>>> Truly a deal made in Hell.
>
>> Are you in the USA?
>> This government invades a country contrary to the UN charter, condones
>> torture, outs a CIA operative, ignores warrants for wiretaps,
>> selectively leaks classified information for partisan gain, rounds up
>> thousands of American Muslims without evidence, incarcerates hundreds
>> at Guantánamo without charges or lawyers, and asserts the power to
>> ignore hundreds of duly enacted laws because of an unending war on
>> terror-- ...
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Re: Beijing '08 ..Big-Money and Big-Brother...Tie the Knot!         


Author: Politikus
Date: Apr 8, 2008 23:52

On Apr 9, 2:17 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> The tyranny of the majority can stampede the constitution, it is
> already happening in some states. But I see your point, in a
> "constitutional republic" most really dangerous trends are put down by
> revolution, but revolution on a much slower scale.

Even a powerful minority instilling fear can create 'the tyranny of
(misinformed) majority', endorsing wrongful amendments to
constitutions, endorsing absurd moves etc. purely out of fear... :-(

<<< Fast Forward Asia <<<
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Re: Beijing '08 ..Big-Money and Big-Brother...Tie the Knot!         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 9, 2008 09:41

On Apr 8, 11:52 pm, Politikus mac.com> wrote:
> On Apr 9, 2:17 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The tyranny of the majority can stampede the constitution, it is
>> already happening in some states. But I see your point, in a
>> "constitutional republic" most really dangerous trends are put down by
>> revolution, but revolution on a much slower scale.
>
> Even a powerful minority instilling fear can create 'the tyranny of
> (misinformed) majority', endorsing wrongful amendments to
> constitutions, endorsing absurd moves etc. purely out of fear...  :-(
>
> <<< Fast Forward Asia <<<
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Re: Beijing '08 ..Big-Money and Big-Brother...Tie the Knot!         


Author: MichaelNJ
Date: Apr 9, 2008 12:17

On Apr 7, 9:51 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 8, 5:39 pm, "jonathan" write.instead.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>> Olympic Motto: One-World One-Dream!
>> or
>> The Deal of the Century
>
>> To whit: The Western World will 'Deed' ..legitimacy.. to Dictatorships
>> in exchange for commercial access to their 'captive' markets.
>
>> These Olympics are all about selling out the freedom of a FIFTH of the world
>> in exchange for exclusive 'rights' to the captive Chinese market.
>> Truly a deal made in Hell.
>
>> The Chinese Communist Party badly needs a successful Olympics
>> to...legitimize...the largest and most repressive Dictatorship
>> in the history of humanity. The Western Corporations badly want
>> access to the FIFTH of the world that lives within China. ...
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