17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
jim bell wrote:
Ostensibly, one of the reasons for having a free and fair political system is so people will not be inclined to throw bombs and plot violent revolution. Grandly ignoring this, that reporter seems to take the diametrically opposite tack: A totalitarian government can best avoid bombings and violence.
Actually the graph goes like this: ^ Non-State Terrorism | | ..-.. | /~ \ | .-~ \ |..---/~ ~-. +------------------------------------------------> Level of Totalitarianism ^ State Terrorism | | ------------------------------------- | .-~ | .-~ | .-~ |/ +------------------------------------------------> Level of Totalitarianism - Igor.