[SheLion]

Only if we allow it.

I don't think we have a choice.  The government is going to do what they want regardless of how we protest.

[Txsleuth]

I would like to think that you are wrong---

Maybe we should look to what the Ukrainians did---they had a non-stop peaceful protest until they got the "correct" results of a "fair" election...

I think whoever made up the phrase "ignorance is bliss" would say that it probably does not apply in the world today.

[Czar]

"I don't think we have a choice."

We always have a choice. We may not like the ones in front of us, but there are choices.

"The government is going to do what they want..."

Always a given. Merely makes for hard choices.

[La Enchiladita]

The government is going to do what they want regardless of how we protest.

That's right. They're starting to talk the talk but they won't walk the walk when it comes down to it. The number one rule of politics is to kow-tow to "minorities."