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Freakaloin
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by Freakaloin » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:38 pm
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...
R00k
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by R00k » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:46 pm
Old. I read about this yesterday at lunch.
Freakaloin
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by Freakaloin » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:48 pm
get ur own material funboy...
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...
Foo
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by Foo » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:56 pm
I've been thinking this myself for a while, before all this:
The melting pot of multiculturalism does not work, it has never worked and it was never intended to work.
shadd_
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by shadd_ » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:09 pm
so what makes it work in canada? the sheer size of the country, lots of space for everyone? are the people just more tolerant and sensitive to others? could also be the fact any extreme behaviour is squashed immediately.
who knows for sure. maybe it's doomed to fail here in time as well.
Freakaloin
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by Freakaloin » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:11 pm
canada is a simmering pot of hate about to explode...
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...
shadd_
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by shadd_ » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:20 pm
seems to work ok in the usa as well. other than the historical black/white issues.
MKJ
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by MKJ » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:42 pm
prisonplanet is a great source of intellectual debate
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jester!
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by jester! » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:58 pm
Freakaloin wrote: canada is a simmering pot of hate about to explode...
rofl...
Freakaloin
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by Freakaloin » Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:56 pm
MKJ wrote: prisonplanet is a great source of intellectual debate
alex jones is the man...and hes from austin too...
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...