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Sure, we're all part of it--but we don't get to vote in one another's countries. (By "enfranchised," I meant suffrage, literally.) Everybody's entitled to an opinion, of course, and, when it comes to the United States, everybody with a TV set seems to have one! Sign me (the other) Mrs. Simpson on 12/9/01 3:20 AM, Alison Croggon at [log in to unmask] wrote: > Actually, not sure of that, in conditions of Empire - we're all part > of it, culturally and economically - > > A > > >> Dissent is more a matter of "will not," Dave, as I trust you're saying to >> your own government in your own ways. You can protest against mine too, but >> I think you have to be enfranchised to dissent from it--and I wish you were, >> to swell the numbers even more! >> >> Candice >> >> >>> Not invisible to me, Candice, but you know the saying: 'you cannot run with >>> the hares and the hounds'. >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> David Bircumshaw >>> >>> Leicester, England >>> >>> Home Page >>> >>> A Chide's Alphabet >>> >>> Painting Without Numbers >>> >>> www.paintstuff.20m.com/index.htm >>> >>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Candice Ward" <[log in to unmask]> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]> >>> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 2:39 AM >>> Subject: Re: opinion >>> >>> >>>> Aw, poor you! If it's any comfort, I've back-channeled Randolph at his >>>> alternative e-address in hopes of getting the WHP site opened up >>> soon--stay >>>> tuned for bouquets of compliments. >>>> >>>> And if you're wrong to be somewhat optimistic about dissent, so am I and >>>> thousands of other folks here who have been rallying for weeks, if >>> invisibly >>>> to David (alas). >>>> >>>> Be well, >>>> >>>> Candice > > -- > > > Alison Croggon > > Home page > http://users.bigpond.com/acroggon/ > Masthead > http://au.geocities.com/masthead_2/