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Re: Democracy.... Dubya Style
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Date: 
Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:43:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3305557.stm Taiwan defends
China referendum>

It appears Bush is trying to suppress a Taiwanese referendum to please his
new friends in China.... perhaps the Taiwanese should only be allowed
Chinese style democracy?

Now I don't normally like to post here in debate, but the local story
about the 10 year old boy mauled to death by a tiger was giving me
nightmares last night.  As dreams would go, this debate item somehow
entered the picture.  It occured to me that if it were my son taunting
the tiger, I think I'd tell him to stop.

Well, hopefully now I can sleep again.  Writing things down usually
helps when I dream about tricky math problems or software algorithms
so my work is done here.  Thanks for listening.

Don



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  Re: Democracy.... Dubya Style
 
(...) yep. IF the tiger was safely in a sturdy cage, the little boy could go somewhere else if he wanted, and taunting was all that was being done. But this tiger is uncaged and unrestrained, can't be escaped from easily, and has said for 50 years (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Democracy.... Dubya Style
 
(...) Wow! I'm no expert, but you appear to be seeing Bush as a father figure. Dreams can be really weird at times! Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Democracy.... Dubya Style
 
(URL) Taiwan defends China referendum> It appears Bush is trying to suppress a Taiwanese referendum to please his new friends in China.... perhaps the Taiwanese should only be allowed Chinese style democracy? Scott A (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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