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"You are free, as long as you don't"......form a trade union, go on strike
or take other   labour actions. "
"You are free, as long as you don't"..... organize any *real* political
opposition, no matter how legitimate.
"You are free, as long as you don't"....... advocate or promote democracy
"You are free, as long as you don't" ......complain or protest human rights
abuses.
"You are free as long as you don't".....do anything that might embarrass the
government, or point out that the "benevolent dictatorship" might not always
be benevovlent.
"You are free"?? Yeah, right.
mart.

Larry Smith wrote in message ...
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>>      I guess you're not counting government violence and abuse.
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>Not all dictatorships are violent and abusive.  Some are benevolent to the
>welfare of the people as a whole.
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>>       Yeah, as long as you don't oppose the government
>> policies.   If you do, you wind up in jail or worse.
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>In most of the cases, opposition is permitted.  It is the degree of
>opposition that one must be very careful of.
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>If you incite an insurrection, then the government will come down on you.
>Same thing happens in the USA.
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>You are free as long as you don't say too many bad things about the
>administration, as long as you don't try to promote
>independent nation status for your state, and as long as you don't stage
>riots in the streets.
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>Ruby Ridge, Waco, and other incidents proove that the USA is
>really not a very free place to express ideas or lifestyles which
>are politically unpopular.
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