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To: UKrepublican

Good Gawd!! That government sounds like a nightmare!

Two-hundred and forty-plus years after our revolution for self-government, and the Europeans still don’t trust themselves with self-government. How dreadful.


3 posted on 10/22/2014 3:59:18 AM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: SatinDoll
Oh they did, it's just that they are frightened of what self government led to (World War II), and therefore they willingly gave up self-government and freedom in favour of security.

Of course, you could make a good argument that it wasn't self government, or certainly not only self government, that led to the rise of extreme nationalist sentiment in the 1920's and 30's. And in any case, running rough shod over people's freedoms is not the way to prevent a reoccurence.

10 posted on 10/22/2014 11:34:02 PM PDT by Vanders9
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