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Plowed ground alert.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> You say "government" like it were an entity which just appeared after some
> sort of a coup. Here in the UK, the government exists "create an open and
> inclusive society, where rights are balanced with responsibilities, and
> where every citizen has the opportunity to succeed and fulfil their
> potential". The fact is that government is this way in the UK because that
> is what the electorate want.
For now.
Subject to whim reversal, of course, since you have no mandated and
irrevocable protections of your rights (neither do we, but ours are a bit
harder to water down since they are in the Constitution, and the ones in
there tend to get ignored anyway).
Thanks for playing.
++Lar
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