What do you think
the publicity will be like for the presiding government who cuts that level of forces. Can you imagine the red-tops?
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whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:21,
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Don't care.
:)
EDIT FOR ELABORATION: I don't see any moral reason why government policy should have to have anything to do with popular sentiment. Of course, it'd be nice if the population supported a good policy - but it strikes me as being more important that it's a good policy to begin with.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:42,
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I believe a number of governments have followed this approach...
...and are not always viewed kindly in hindsight - or indeed at the time.
Democracy may be ****ed up, but it's less ****ed up than someone deciding they know best, and then not bothering to convince everyone else.
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prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 15:21,
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