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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We meant to do well. Therefore be thou warmed
and filled.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Our coercion was not overt. We therefore
cannot be blamed for entrapping you.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=galliher@illinois.edu href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">C. G.
Estabrook</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jbw292002@gmail.com
href="mailto:jbw292002@gmail.com">John W.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=MKBRUSSEL@comcast.net
href="mailto:MKBRUSSEL@comcast.net">Brussel Morton K.</A> ; <A
title=peace-discuss@anti-war.net
href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">Peace Discuss</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:56
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Peace-discuss] How
Democracy Dies…</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>And Ralph should know. After all, doesn't he have the
pennies from the corpse's eyes?<BR><BR><BR>On 10/12/10 1:49 AM, John W. wrote:
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<DIV>I guess my one question would be this: If a majority of
eligible voters, without overt coercion, are complicit in electing tyrants
to rule them (whether or not said voters are somehow misled by the mass
media), has democracy died?</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Brussel Morton
K. <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:MKBRUSSEL@comcast.net"
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<DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Disgust and rage… Is he wrong? Is
this how Thomas Payne wrote?
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<H3>How Democracy Dies: Lessons From a Master</H3>
<P>Monday 11 October 2010</P>
<P><A
href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_democracy_dies_lessons_from_a_master_20101011/"
target=_blank moz-do-not-send="true">by: Chris
Hedges | <B>Truthdig |
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