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#1Dec 16th, 2008
Democracy and accountability are an illusion

By --
“Aren’t you afraid?”
That is a question I’ve been asked hundreds of times over the past two years as I researched, wrote, and published my latest book, --.
The question has been asked of me by curious politicians, bureaucrats, police officers, a judge and an ex-judge, my friends and acquaintances, and members of my own family.
The very fact that it is asked suggests that Canadians are not entirely comfortable in their own country. We think we live in a safe, open society, but at the same time so many Canadians seem to believe that it is dangerous to ask questions or raise issues that might strike at the heart of something darker going on within the country.
Am I afraid?

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Scott Free
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
" ... Dispersing the Fog is a frightening examination of growing political tyranny in Canada."

I don't really understand what people expect out of a system who's political leaders sole objective is creating dictates and consolidating power under the guise of creating utopia through homogenization and violent mechanisms of conformity. It seems no other outcome but tyranny could be possible. Really? What could anyone expect? Even John A McDonald remarked that despite the apparent impossibility of it the Canadian system did work. I think he was wrong. It doesn't work and it is the element of time, like in all democracies, is what brings down an otherwise very pretty ideology - too pretty apparently for animals like us.
 
EagleSmack
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
What form of government do you folks want then?
 
Tyr
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by EagleSmackView Post

What form of government do you folks want then?

A Liberal Democracy based on sortititon
 
Scott Free
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by EagleSmackView Post

What form of government do you folks want then?

Not a republic that's for sure.
 
Cliffy
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
True Anarchy where the community is the highest form of government and the feds can only deal with foreign affairs.
 
Scott Free
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
I'll second that!
 
JLM
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by StretchView Post

Democracy and accountability are an illusion
By Paul Palango
“Aren’t you afraid?”
That is a question I’ve been asked hundreds of times over the past two years as I researched, wrote, and published my latest book, Dispersing the Fog: Inside the Secret World of Ottawa and the RCMP.
The question has been asked of me by curious politicians, bureaucrats, police officers, a judge and an ex-judge, my friends and acquaintances, and members of my own family.
The very fact that it is asked suggests that Canadians are not entirely comfortable in their own country. We think we live in a safe, open society, but at the same time so many Canadians seem to believe that it is dangerous to ask questions or raise issues that might strike at the heart of something darker going on within the country.
Am I afraid?
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Maybe if we had a complete democracy we'd have complete accountability. But then surely everyone knows a "perfect world" does not exist.
 
hermanntrude
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
i want a government made out of cotton candy that gives me money every day and has a department of *****s who are legally obliged to give me two blowjobs a day.

but perhaps i'll settle with the one i've got, since i dont have a vote :0)
 
Stretch
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
not sure one can use democracy and politics/government in the same sentence...seems like an oxymoron to me
 
fubbleskag
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
no more so than "true anarchy" and "feds" i wager
 
Said1
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
we're all on the slow road to surfdom.
 
darkbeaver
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Dec 16th, 2008
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we're all on the slow road to surfdom.

We're going to the beach?
 
Said1
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
Yes. Bring your pail and bucket..
 
darkbeaver
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by hermanntrudeView Post

i want a government made out of cotton candy that gives me money every day and has a department of *****s who are legally obliged to give me two blowjobs a day.

but perhaps i'll settle with the one i've got, since i dont have a vote :0)

I have one that I don't intent to use again untill after the revolution, I lend it to you if you want. For all the bloody good it will do you.
 
darkbeaver
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Re: Democracy and accountability are an illusion

Dec 16th, 2008
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Yes. Bring your pail and bucket..

You forgot to mention suntan lotion. I'm very good at suntan lotion and general beach bum stuff.
 

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