tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186456936856699937.post116611642054262179..comments2023-08-26T08:11:32.480-08:00Comments on Arbroath Abbey: The Situation in South OssetiaRace Bruntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976824369037909199noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186456936856699937.post-91842303348114213502008-09-09T00:47:00.000-08:002008-09-09T00:47:00.000-08:00"Such was the power of this ideal, that the so-cal..."Such was the power of this ideal, that the so-called champions of democracy, like the US and Great Britain, routinely allowed 'territorial integrity' to supercede even the right of a people to self-determination, no matter how much lip-service they paid the latter."<BR/><BR/>That is the great dilemma, for those of us who are citizens, and irony for the world - we look at income opportunities, geopolitics, then civil liberties and democracy a distant third or fourth.<BR/><BR/>Self determination combined with social justice, that should be the message. But it isn't and, in general, has not been. <BR/><BR/>One might begin to suspect that those in control and their servants are fully aware that the periodic magic shows called elections are vehicles for the dominance and expansion of power at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com