17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 30, 1997 at 09:57:11AM -0700, Bill Frantz wrote:
To get elected in America, you have to give the voters someone to hate. Back 10 years ago, it was criminals, then it was wetbacks, now it is pornographers (and tobacco companies). Hate is just so much better as a motivating force than good government (whatever "good" is).
Hate is used as a motivating force by entities other than governments -- we see it used every day here on CP. -- Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited", kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke... PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55 http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html