People Power

[Mark]

Indeed some governments would do to remember this. History has a way of getting rid of those who don't.

[race aficionado]

When I first came to dis country (my latino accent) I remember a NYC cab drive with a Russian cab driver.

We started talking about democracy and he said something I will never forget.
He said:
"Here in America people do have democracy but not the one they think. You do have a choice, a variety of choices.
You can decide to eat in Burger King, at McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Wendy's . . . .

[Mark]

'twas it not always thus. Same problem in the UK that there's not much difference between the parties.

PS When you say 'dis country' I can't read that in anything other than a heavy Irish accent

[donKey jote]

PS When you say 'dis country' I can't read that in anything other than a heavy Irish accent

:tumbsup:
hey race, would you be after counting to tree for us now?

[SGWilko]

When I first came to dis country (my latino accent) I remember a NYC cab drive with a Russian cab driver.

We started talking about democracy and he said something I will never forget.
He said:
"Here in America people do have democracy but not the one they think. You do have a choice, a variety of choices.
You can decide to eat in Burger King, at McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Wendy's . . . .

My Wife met me in distress.....

......no, wait, it was dat dress.....

In real snese people own the government.They elect the there leaders.A good leadre has the good trust of its followers.

In democracy people own the government.They are free to elect there representative by the power of there vote.This is my first reply on politics.Nice to share with all of you.

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[555-04Q2]

Thought I'd drag up this old thread to talk about the recent incidents in Egypt.

Do people still think it's a good idea for people to protest and change the system? The situation in Egypt is a prime example of people thinking they know what they want and thinking they know how to do it when they actually don't know what they want or how to do it.

What a mess they have made...

[Garry Walker]

Thought I'd drag up this old thread to talk about the recent incidents in Egypt.

Do people still think it's a good idea for people to protest and change the system? The situation in Egypt is a prime example of people thinking they know what they want and thinking they know how to do it when they actually don't know what they want or how to do it.

What a mess they have made...

Yeah, Egypt and Libya are much better off now than they were with Mubarak and Gaddadi . Of course I see the problem being fact that most of those protesters are muslim and violence and killing is the nature of that religion.

[TheFamousEccles]

IMO - the Egyptian problems stem from a democratically elected government basically ignoring everything they said at election time, and instead plunging headlong into establishing a theocracy, based on sharia law. Not what the majority of Egyptians hoped might happen. However, not at all surprising from my point of view, though.