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In reply to the discussion: Hong Kong's Incredible Official Statement on Snowden's Departure [View all]Diclotican
(5,095 posts)Melinda
I'm sorry I have given you any grief - that was not the purpose of this at all - but I also fear for the future, as it are not looking to well if you know something from the past - you can at least look into the Crystal ball - and grasp some for the future..
History teaches a lot - but it looks like many have no interest in the past - or ignorant about the past, as it have no interest for them at all.. Our generation have all the experience of more than 10.000 year at our hand - the only thing we need - is to listen to our ancestors, and learn from their mistakes.. That be in ancient times as int he Roman Empire - or the last 80-100 year when some have tried to make things better - and some have tried their best to make it worse - even with the best of intentions....
It have been scary times - at least since 2000, when GWB got "elected" and the introduction of the Patriot Act, and all the other tools to a dictatorship... And even GWB is known, to have said "it would be better to govern - if I had been the dictator"... Rather intriguing saying from a american President...
Hopefully you and me - and our ancestors will live in a better world than ours - and hopefully our nightmares, our bad dreams will just be that - dreams about the future, who was not happening
Diclotican