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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Civilized?  Not rude?  If it's the first, then "civilized" countries take up 
arms, even internally, all the time.

If you mean "not rude," well, I'd say this country has never been not quite 
rude.  Advanced egotism, which is the basis of the way Americans think of 
this country, has always been alive and well.

And, since we can only gather peacefully as long as we are allowed to, and 
only as long as the agenda is o.k.'d by whatever/whomever, then I suppose 
what you say is true.  HOWEVER, I would question that since fire hoses used 
against peaceful demonstrators is not my idea of civil.  Nor are billy 
clubs, night sticks, pepper spray and rubber bullets.  All things that have 
been used rather frequently, rarely reported, here in this country.

Ah, the last time part of this country got tired of being jerked around, 
taken advantage of and lied to (wow, that sure sounds familiar) is when 
thousands died and it was all about $$ and Wall Street AND taxes, contrary 
to the rewriting of history that public schools are so good at teaching!

Lynda
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we 
are
to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."  Theordore
Roosevelt, 1918.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>


> Oh Pecker of the Great Ape, this isn't Afghanistan where people have
> to bring guns to political gatherings to protect themselves. We are
> still (seemingly barely) a civil society where people can assemble
> peaceably. Is there something about civility that bothers you?
>
> The last time this country gave up civility and took up arms, hundreds
> of thousands died. Is this where you want to go?