From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jun 28 18:09:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA10029 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 18:09:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA09986; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 18:09:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id TAA22736; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:09:30 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:09:30 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199806290109.TAA22736@softweyr.com> Subject: Re: Tiananmen square (was: Does it's true?) From: Wes Peters To: jcwells@u.washington.edu, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@lemis.com Cc: fpawlak@execpc.com, drifter@stratos.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: Wes Peters In-Reply-To: <19980629091624.M28872@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19980629091624.M28872@freebie.lemis.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Mailer: BeatWare Mail-It 1.6 (TrialWare) X-BeOS-Platform: Intel or clone Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id SAA10001 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org My hidden microphone recorded Greg Lehey (grog@lemis.com) saying: % 2. India is in complete political and economic chaos, the result of % 50 years of "democracy" in a country which can't handle it. The % average tenure of an Indian government is less than 12 months. In % view of the level-headed government they're currently getting, % let's hope that this remains true. Ah, yes, democracy - the system of goverment in which three wolves and sheep get to vote on what to have for dinner. I'm certainly glad I don't live in one. Fortunately, the founding fathers of the USA realized democracy for the failure it is, and created a Republic that has stood the test of time, because so many are willing to protect and die for the ideals by which we live. If you haven't read the Constitution of the United States of America, or even haven't read it recently, it's a pretty good read. Makes for a pretty good government, too, if you can only get the buearocrats (and the people) to follow it. % 3. Russia is in turmoil. The government is no longer in control, and % crime is rife. % % On the whole, if I had the choice of living only in one of the four % locations above, I'd choose Beijing. Not if you had to live in a mud house with no facilities, and work at a job the state assigned to you, only to find that the police killed your wife for commiting the heinous crime of having a second child. Let's not forget where the criminals in China are - the government itself. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message