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Re:Someone Just Leaked Obama's Rules for Assassinating Ameri... by maratd on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:46PM (#5169176)
> Democracy does not rest on a limitation of power.

Democracy doesn't, but liberty and civility does. It's not even about an explicit limitation of power, but a perceived limitation.

If something is unthinkable, it's irrelevant whether some piece of paper somewhere says you can't do it ... it's unthinkable, so it won't happen. The reason all of this is happening is that not only is it very thinkable, but it is outright tolerated by the populace at large ... even glorified.

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Re:Someone Just Leaked Obama's Rules for Assassinating Ameri... by mc32 on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @12:04AM (#5169246)
> ... it's unthinkable, so it won't happen.

To a certain degree, that's true, till someone interprets that as a loophole, thinks it and does it. It's why law constantly evolves --to adapt to new exploits (as well as for get rid of outdated laws.

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