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From William Du Bois, from a mailing list I'm on:
Bush's Utopian Plan for Peace and mine differ at the core.
Hal Pepinsky, one of the founders of peacemaking criminology, talks about the dynamics of democracy and violence.
He defines democracy as responsiveness — we take each other into account. We may not change our agenda but we take what the Other has to say into account. Violence is the opposite of democracy. It is asserting your own will and refusing to take the other into account...
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by D. Weinberger at March 19, 2003 10:08 AM
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Shouldn’t we add "recorded" conversations, like blogs, coupled with a strong digital ID. That way, when you "converse" about any ideas detrimental to democracy, you can be sued, convicted and thrown in jail as a subversive agent against democracy.
Posted by: fishrush | March 20, 2003 07:17 AM
tupid
Posted by: Anonymous | October 6, 2004 04:29 PM
F ck the dixie chicks why don"t they change their name to the target center or Minnesota gophers
Posted by: richard dafnis | May 22, 2006 10:34 PM