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Senior_K Joined Thu 02/07/08 Posts: 58	Tue 02/12/08 08:51 AM
Ok lets start a new one... I suggest a island

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 08:53 AM
Fantasy Island???? Can we have a midget there???

Senior_K Joined Thu 02/07/08 Posts: 58	Tue 02/12/08 08:55 AM
yes it would probably be our only subject

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Tue 02/12/08 08:55 AM
ok - well it may be that all govt is oligarchy but if it is sanctioned and tolerated by the general population then it is tantamount to universal communist ownership...but it's still not classless.... there is a pecking order and some peckers are higher than others while some are thicker!

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 08:56 AM
I'll take Big Peckers for $5000 Alex!!!

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Tue 02/12/08 08:58 AM
<----------officially classless

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:00 AM
Ok so if we didnt have our so called oligarthy/communism leaders.....what do you think would happen?

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Tue 02/12/08 09:02 AM
it is called "Lord of the Flies"

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:03 AM
it is called "Lord of the Flies" I like it!!!

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:04 AM
Kangaroo court anyone????

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Tue 02/12/08 09:05 AM
bangs shot glass gavel! Kangaroo Kourt is IN SESSION

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:06 AM
Sooooooooo not too many people want to argue the theory???? Im surprized!!!

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:07 AM
<-----shoots back one wodka and sHOUTS......"ALL RISE"

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:10 AM
<----puts on the JEOPARDY music and awaits in stealth mode!!!

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:15 AM
Hmmmmmmmmmmm I cant HEAR YOU!!!

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:19 AM
<-----even puts on ninja outfit!!!

leahmarie Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 1482	Tue 02/12/08 09:43 AM
communism..........Discuss~!! I disagree. Communism is a form of socialism, putting control of property into the hands of the government. it is probably the bloodiest form of government ever conceived since it enslaves the people and rules through fear. It goes against Ralph Waldo Emerson's concept of individualism, because communism destroys property rights and makes the production of wealth almost impossible. Thereby, it discourages individualism, that is, the use of one's mind to invent and create wealth. In other words, it destroys what makes America great. After all, if everyone gets an equal share of the wealth produced, which is how communism works, there is no incentive for individualism or self-interest, which induces us to go beyond what is expected. Communism is a brutal system of government. It does not just destroy individualism, but it fails to protect individual rights by establishing a system of force. In order to keep the citizens in line, the government kills/imprisons those who protest. The results of communism have been exactly what one would exexpect, starvation, poverty, and the slaughter of millions. Look what happened in the Soviet Union. Look at what is happening in Cuba. Thank God every government is not a form of communism. In particular I thank God for our Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and all the other wonderful things that make America the Great Country that it is today.

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 09:51 AM
communism..........Discuss~!! I disagree. Communism is a form of socialism, putting control of property into the hands of the government. it is probably the bloodiest form of government ever conceived since it enslaves the people and rules through fear. It goes against Ralph Waldo Emerson's concept of individualism, because communism destroys property rights and makes the production of wealth almost impossible. Thereby, it discourages individualism, that is, the use of one's mind to invent and create wealth. In other words, it destroys what makes America great. After all, if everyone gets an equal share of the wealth produced, which is how communism works, there is no incentive for individualism or self-interest, which induces us to go beyond what is expected. Communism is a brutal system of government. It does not just destroy individualism, but it fails to protect individual rights by establishing a system of force. In order to keep the citizens in line, the government kills/imprisons those who protest. The results of communism have been exactly what one would exexpect, starvation, poverty, and the slaughter of millions. Look what happened in the Soviet Union. Look at what is happening in Cuba. Thank God every government is not a form of communism. In particular I thank God for our Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and all the other wonderful things that make America the Great Country that it is today. I do understand everything you have said.....and agree with you but do you not see what I mean by a "form" of communism??? We are all dictated by someone.....and we DO NOT get a final say in anything......

leahmarie Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 1482	Tue 02/12/08 10:01 AM
gypsy 41..... When you say "We are all dictated by someone.....and we DO NOT get a final say in anything......," you are getting into a philosophical discussion rather than a political discourse. The above is opening up such a can of worms that we could post pages and pages and still not come up with an answer. Your statement is such a broad one that it covers social, emotional, political and who knows what other aspects. I could give you a philosophical response, but would put you to sleep in the process.

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Tue 02/12/08 10:03 AM
I love philosophical discussions.....and yes I know I opened up a can of worms.....I am not one to ask simple questions.....opening up the mind is my forte'!!