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Mr. Mephisto,
I appreciate your good-natured reaction to our lack of effective communication. Your repeated reference to an oligarchy and a selective criteria for those would be able to vote (as referenced in my post) are outside the relevance of the purpose of the thread. it was clearly my intention to avoid anyone suggesting or interpreting that anyone is advocating curtailing the rights of any citizen within the context of this thread (in order to promote a more focused/civil discussion). this is witnessed by my disclaimer written in caps.
guthmund mentioned the disenfranchised word you were asking about.
i honestly am not sure i have a stance i can stand on in this debate, so that is why was unable to guide the discussion from the start. i'm very interested in testing other's opinions to see if i can establish an informed opinion on the issue.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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