Re: OT : so this is what our troops are dying for in Afghanistan !

Jim Thompson wrote:
On 17 Aug 2006 16:55:03 +0200, David Brown
<david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On 17 Aug 2006 13:19:19 +0200, David Brown
<david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]
All things in moderation - that's all I'm really saying. Profits are fine - "excessive" profits are not.
Who gets to decide the definition of "excessive"?

Authorities answerable to the people (i.e., someone voted into office), I suppose. Lines are never easy to draw, and I don't have any good ideas what the should be. But that doesn't mean there should be no lines at all.

ALL politicians are crooks.

[snip]

...Jim Thompson

Then why bother with democracy at all? I suppose the alternatives are even worse...
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