What you want to do with OT posters?

Over the years I've come to believe that unmoderated newsgroups are
among the most democratic "places" in the world.

I've also come to believe that a whole bunch of proud, blustery talk
to the contrary, a lot of folks just do not like democratic processes.

I've also noticed that in unmoderated newsgroups there are often folks
who display a tendency towards the ghetto mindset. The ghetto is what
you get when authoritarians get their way and all the folks who are of
a particular race, religion, sexual preference, economic status,
political opinion, etc. are made to stay where they belong -- some
place else.

For folks loudly extolling the virtues of democracy this tendency
indicates either a lack of thought or flagrant hypocrisy.

If you think THIS post is off topic, please consider the following:
There are lots of "democracy-loving" citizens among us who are flying
false colors. They actually have a much greater fondness for
authoritarian systems. This, I believe, is largely because they don't
think they're going to be on the oppressed side of those authoritarian
lines.

If you ride a motorcycle in Texas you are already in the cross hairs.
If you dismiss this fact as absurd or irrelevant or acceptable, I
suspect : 1) you already choose to wear a helmet and would regardless
of any legislation and are content with your insurance payments; 2)
you don't mind giving up "minor" liberties for a greater sense of
security; 3) as long as YOU feel secure in YOUR "important" rights you
are comfortably proud of your democracy; 4) you probably think very
little of trashing the rights of others; and 5) you may well be in for
a really, really rude awakening.

Thanks for your time.

Oma

Ride 'em if you got 'em.

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:08:36 -0600, Oma <nospam.DeleteThis@airmail.net> wrote:


 >If you ride a motorcycle in Texas you are already in the cross hairs.
 >If you dismiss this fact as absurd or irrelevant or acceptable, I
 >suspect : 1) you already choose to wear a helmet and would regardless
 >of any legislation and are content with your insurance payments; 2)
 >you don't mind giving up "minor" liberties for a greater sense of
 >security; 3) as long as YOU feel secure in YOUR "important" rights you
 >are comfortably proud of your democracy; 4) you probably think very
 >little of trashing the rights of others; and 5) you may well be in for
 >a really, really rude awakening.
 >
 >Thanks for your time.
 >
 >Oma
 >
 >Ride 'em if you got 'em.

Uh, I guess I missed it...and granted I omitted much of the original
post, but what are you talking about in this last paragraph and how
did it relate to the beginning of the post?

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