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Re: The Critical Massholes are coming to San Diego!!!

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From: Dani Kuettel
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 00:00
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>Dani Kuettel wrote:
>>How can one make the US more like leading countries such as China..?
>
>Easy. Tear up the Constitution,

Hmmmm......  I would have to think about that a bit....
imprison anyone who believes in democracy,
The United States has done that before.  Yet, sometimes it has preferred to
simply assassinate people who believe in Democracy.  Why is is that the US
has
a history of supporting Dictatorships and fighting against certain
democracies in some countries?

>engage in toture,

Are you saying that the United States of America has always been torture
free?

Think Alcatraz....

When you say torture, are you referring to the American concentration camps
for Japanese Americans during WWII?
You mean like in Vietnam, a few African countries, central America, Iraq,
Iran???   It's always interesting to read about how friendly the US can be
in other countries.  There's a book you should read, what was it called...
"The US rise in world globalism"...   "Democracy for the Few" by Michael
Parenti is a better book.

>   murder,

Waco....

How many Native Americans did the U.S. democracy murder?  A few million?
Why?  How many African Americans?

You forgot to mention slavery.

>   etc. on a massive scale

Like that killing spree that went on in Florida 70 years ago, where the
whites, including police officers, went around killing black men, women, and
children because one black guy escaped from a chain gang?
The "democratic" United States has been in favor of murder on a massive
scale.

>, and make everyone so
>poor they HAVE to ride bicycles.

What does "poor"  have to do with "bicycles"?  I don't see the connection.
I spent $1400 on my bike.  Does that mean I'm poor?  Maybe I should apply
for welfare since I don't own a car.  Wow, that sounds like a good idea!!!
I could then buy an expensive mountain bike, and I would still be considered
to be poor.  That's neat!  Can you be the next president?
The 260 million people in the U.S. own more bicycles than the 1.2 billion
people in China.  Yet, Americans don't ride them while the Chinese do.
For proof, read the Ultimate Bicycle book by Richard Ballantine, page 11

>Admiring anything the people of China are forced to do by totalitarian

Yes, you are right.  1.2 billion people is a very small population.  The
people of China should be allowed to have as many kids as they want so that
their population will explode and cripple the country  just like with what
is happening in India.  Then, instead of 9 people in China polluting the
same amount as one American, the people in China should be giving the
freedom to pollute just as much as any American, just to be fair.  So what
if millions of people have to lose their homes because of new roads, so what
if people in the cities have to wear gas masks because of exhaust, and so
what if the people in China will have to import their water from other
countries because their unregulated industries are polluting their own
reserves.  Let China be just like the US!  Why not?
I believe that before one criticizes a country other that one's own, one
should study it, learn more about it, learn to understand it's people, the
environment, and try to imagine how it will fare in the future.
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From: "Dani Kuettel" <kuettel@dsp.net>
Subject: Re: The Critical Massholes are coming to San Diego!!!
Date: 1997/12/09
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