Just felt the need to vent, if you don't think times are changing and this is nothing new then that's cool. Stay safe!
Afa what one can do: stand up for what you think is right; stand up against what you think is wrong.
It'd be easy to quote the saying "the only thing necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing." Yeah, but the question is, how does a man decide what's evil in the first place? Like I said before, it's easy when it's directed at him.
It is my belief that the only things that fuel the march torwards equality and freedom, are democracy, freedom of speech and rationality.
You really store these things up and remember them? I had no idea. I feel privileged
The Bills been passed; I heard a Conservative MP discuss it briefly on the Radio. He voted Remain and believes the Bill does offer Government unprecedented powers - which he thinks are excessive. He also believes that some if these will be curbed and toned down in Commitee. He voted for it to go through on the basis of it not going through at this critical time will result in problems we really don't want and don't need.. That seems like a very reasonable position to take; Bills rarely maske it through the democratic process as is, things like this are pretty common. Throwing around terms like Fascism over this seems a little strong and sensationalist to me at this point.
You only need really look around the world to notice that we are still very lucky in the UK in terms of Government and Democracy (let's just pray Comrade Corbyn never makes it into Number 10). Heck we even have the decency to stand by our own referendum votes!
Here's the problem: is a democracy with freedom of speech and slavery be rational? The answer is "yes" for some. Therefore, it is the meaning of "Democracy" and "freedom" that must be answered first, or else they become mantras thrown around for effect. Everybody wants to be equally "free." All laws restrict freedom, and always have. If they restrict everyone the same, then they're fair or just.
Is any democracy perfect? No. But throwing democracy out of the window entirely is never a good solution, history has shown us that time and again. Which is exactely why i voted to leave the EU which is not a democratic institution.
Ancient Greece was a slave state, so was Sparta, so was the United States. All claimed to be democracies. There's nothing inherent in democracy that prevents slavery. If it were irrational, it wouldn't start.
The issue is always a matter of defining the "demos". Nationalists define people out. Jews were as German as as the Nazis who despised them.
I couldn't care less about your Brexit. You support it because leaving will be good or better for you.
weed out' slavery as the democracy matures.
It appears to me that a bill that enables a government to make its own laws without going through parliament is exactly "throwing democracy out of the window". Isn't it?
Can you name a current Mature Democracy where slavery is accepted?
Rationality is not an inherrent part of democracy ... especially ancient democracies. However, Nazi Germany ceased to be a democracy when the Nazi party gained power.
This is why I said ALL three were needed. Freedom of speech for all, A basis in rationality, and Democratic process. I challenge you to point to a better political process that is working today.
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