Originally Posted by
CitizenTerrorist
Because doing that requires reasonable, intelligent people to debate, participate in the democratic process and exercise good judgement. When is the last time you saw that happen in this country in any numbers approaching what would be necessary to accomplish this very noble goal?
Very rarely. At the risk of being flamed to death, the last time was the tea party protests on government spending. It is an interesting analogy, the problem is clear in both cases, but nobody wants to honestly face the solutions.