tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post7777807755972070866..comments2023-10-17T10:29:57.984-04:00Comments on The Screaming Pope: The SquareFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-53394423681344531652013-11-03T16:36:47.309-05:002013-11-03T16:36:47.309-05:00Of course, there will always be revolutions and fe...Of course, there will always be revolutions and fervor and hope. One can’t dispense with hope. It’s almost a biological prerogative. However what is disconcerting is the path of destruction left in their wake and also the fact that like with divorce, populations seem to be marrying themselves to what is for all intensive purposes the same leader again and againFrancishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-444052269678581312013-11-03T16:34:53.106-05:002013-11-03T16:34:53.106-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-46859896626878176482013-11-01T14:27:21.144-04:002013-11-01T14:27:21.144-04:00Great insight into the problem with 'revolutio...Great insight into the problem with 'revolutions' which so often substitute one power structure for another, with the citizens as the losers.<br />The 'Tank Man' video is one of the most moving and profoundly heroic depictions of human spirit I've ever seen and offers an interesting strategy for protestors. A thousand (or million) angry voices are a mob, but one person confronting power is a potent symbol and one that despotic institutions are reluctant to quash publicly.<br />'Democracy' has become, in this country, a winner-takes-all power grab and the inherent problem is that there is no braking mechanism to prevent an angry and misinformed public, manipulated by clever public relations fear-mongering, from taking control. jylle benson-gaussnoreply@blogger.com