This woman on Malloy is correct...

[Chicago Democrat]

its not the same as Germany.

We have this place

we can talk to the world and they talk back

[susanna]

1. I must be missing something...

You're saying what, exactly?

[Chicago Democrat]

2. She is a good call, that's all... after the point about Germany

which was that we (liberals) cannot be so easily persecuted and the internet provides an open channel which the Germans didn't have.

Then she talked about getting thrown out of church. I thought she was a good call.

[Straight Shooter]

3. I have often wondered if Germany could have been saved from the Nazis

if they'd had the Internet.

OTOH, look at all the trouble we're having trying to save democracy, even though we're burning the Internet candle at both ends.

[billie_]

11. she was a good call Mike & Kathy are great, loved them since ieamerica nt

[Luminous Animal]

4. Maybe...

But when 1 or 50 or a 100 of us disappear one day, who would know? And when the disappearences are noticed, what would we do?

[Chicago Democrat]

6. a hell of alot of people would scream and demand action....

think of everyone who loves you...

they would do something

[Minstrel Boy]

5. That is the difference people always cite.

But here's the kicker: so what?

What difference have all the words here made?

Or all the votes, for that matter.

[Chicago Democrat]

7. Alot....

Ohio recount for one.

[Chicago Democrat]

8. plus wouldn't we be total putzes if we didn't try?

:toast:

[billie_]

10. yes, we would be putzes if we didn't try & i love your Binky icon n/t

[billie_]

9. And didn't we learn from what happened in Germany? my friend who

lives in Dortmund, Germany and i got in a bit of a fray about it....his point simply being....and was hard to argue...."You had what happened in Germany to learn from" basically....

what was the motto of the survivors..."NEVER AGAIN" and "DON'T FORGET"

and we have :(

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Billie why do yuo think I keep working so damn hard?

My father IS a survivor.

[rman]

13. yes, but

the over-riding characteristic that Hitlers' Nazi Germany and Bush's Neocon America have in common is that both regimes are authoritarian and anti-democratic. In short: both are Despotic regimes.

[chicagiana]

14. It CAN happen ...

... that internet could be shut down and locked off pretty easily. It wouldn't stop the technically adept. But I'm sure that dissident communication in Germany was never "shut down" either.

MOST people in this country get their internet service through a handful of large providers. This is doubly so if you use broadband. Don't think they couldn't tap your communications or shut you down.

Yes, it CAN HAPPEN. And the vigilance of the people is the ONLY thing that will stand in it's way!!!!