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Slims · 05-27-2006, 10:31 PM

No, not yet. I think that it is becoming increasingly corrupt and irrelevant, but has not yet reached the point where it can be called a police state.

We are not yet a police state because the public still has the ability to bring about change by (smart) voting. We just seem to be tranquilized to the point of complacency and we simply accept what the government tells us.

If you want to prevent the government from becoming a police state then you need to become politically active and encourage a small government that honors personal soveriegnty.

If you were a citizen in a country that had already decayed into a police state then you would have a duty to oppose that government (as stated in the declaration of independence) by any means available to you. If our government ever truly goes bad it is the responsibility of the citizens to overthrow it before it can do more harm. As a citizen of a country you are partly responsible for the actions of your government and you cannot allow a tyrant to use your resources (taxes, etc.) to terrorize your fellow citizens.

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Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	No, not yet. I think that it is becoming increasingly corrupt and irrelevant, but has not yet reached the point where it can be called a police state. We are not yet a police state because the public still has the ability to bring about change by (smart) voting. We just seem to be tranquilized to the point of complacency and we simply accept what the government tells us. If you want to prevent the government from becoming a police state then you need to become politically active and encourage a small government that honors personal soveriegnty. If you were a citizen in a country that had already decayed into a police state then you would have a duty to oppose that government (as stated in the declaration of independence) by any means available to you. If our government ever truly goes bad it is the responsibility of the citizens to overthrow it before it can do more harm. As a citizen of a country you are partly responsible for the actions of your government and you cannot allow a tyrant to use your resources (taxes, etc.) to terrorize your fellow citizens. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence Last edited by Slims; 05-27-2006 at 10:37 PM..