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WithStamin
06/09/03, 05:24 PM
Click. (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/10/international/asia/10KORE.html?ei=5062&en=59526dc84d1629b6&ex=1055822400&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&position=)

Just as the dust clears in Iraq, North Korea's looking to be a problem again.
BrandNewRock05
06/10/03, 03:16 AM
But lets try and make peace, these guys are just mislead. They deserve another chance..... (dripping with sarcasm)
Slick Shoes
06/10/03, 03:50 AM
I hate America and I hate Iraq and I hate Australia ... Well I don't really hate the countries just who runs them and some of the people in them.
WithStamin
06/10/03, 04:07 AM
Originally posted by Slick Shoes
I hate America and I hate Iraq and I hate Australia ... Well I don't really hate the countries just who runs them and some of the people in them. Do you have any reasons, or do you just feel like being a rebel?

You know, Australia and America have a thing called "democracy". That means what the majority of the people want to happen will usually happen. So you probably do hate the people who elected these leaders you hate.:p
tyte emo
06/10/03, 07:10 AM
Well technically the majority didn't vote for the president/vice president/all the people he instated/came along with him.
WithStamin
06/10/03, 07:18 AM
Originally posted by tyte emo
Well technically the majority didn't vote for the president/vice president/all the people he instated/came along with him. Huh? In english, please?
tyte emo
06/10/03, 07:38 AM
Originally posted by WithStamin
You know, Australia and America have a thing called "democracy". That means what the majority of the people want to happen will usually happen. So you probably do hate the people who elected these leaders you hate.:p

George W Bush and VP Cheney were not elected by a majority. Well actually in 92 Clinton was not elected on a majority either, but rather a plurality. But Bush was not even elected with a plurality. SoS Powell, NSA Rice... etc... all the people in Bush's cabinet who came along for the ride wouldn't be there if Bush didn't win... so all I am saying is the idea of the US being a democracy in which the will of the majority is played out is wrong.
BrandNewRock05
06/10/03, 07:50 AM
Originally posted by tyte emo
George W Bush and VP Cheney were not elected by a majority. Well actually in 92 Clinton was not elected on a majority either, but rather a plurality. But Bush was not even elected with a plurality. SoS Powell, NSA Rice... etc... all the people in Bush's cabinet who came along for the ride wouldn't be there if Bush didn't win... so all I am saying is the idea of the US being a democracy in which the will of the majority is played out is wrong.
Actually Powell would have been in the cabinet either way I believe. But still, majority or not Bush won fair and square, we are run on an electoral college system, so by the rules Bush won.
tyte emo
06/10/03, 08:33 AM
Well he certainly wouldn't have been Sec of State, but I don't believe he would have been in Gore's cabinet as anything.

As for Bush winning fair and square... not my point at all.