[jaysay]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

It is a big step towards a totalitarian state
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What I found chilling was the number of people here who said ' send in the army' in that summer riot thread.

It is an example of mind manipulation -
...create a problem by social engineering
...get the reaction - riots - and people say ' send in the army'
...offer the solution - martial law
you asked for it!

Ya but this is one country where its never happened, and never likely too, because in the grand scale of things good will always triumph over evil, something which has been proved time and again