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Date Posted: 03:05:32 02/20/02 Wed
Author: Jamie
Subject: Re: Venezuela in the news again....
In reply to: Patrick 's message, "Venezuela in the news again...." on 22:11:15 02/19/02 Tue

Patrick, first of all, thank you for the update - I regretfully haven't heard that in the news as of yet. I've been too preoccupied with the Olympics (just kidding). But, i would just like to say that i agree with you - that the people of Venezuela should calm down and think twice about siding with the military and using the "correct" form of Democracy rather then this outright force. However, we must also consider the view point of those individuals living with only the clothes on their backs and the roofs over their heads, just barely surrviving. Do you think they are willing to just sit there while their confidence in the stability of their government dwindles? I doubt that they BELIEVE that by signing a petitiion their government will have a drastic change in a short run period of time. Also, i go on to argue that those individuals who are in fact well off and aren't necessarily just trying to survive, also feel puppeteered by their government because they too, like the peasants, are being exploited and the government has not necessarily been on their side as well. These individuals are supposedly more educated then the peasants and therefore, i believe that they can see this corruption even more so then those that live it.
~Sitting where we are, in a country where our democratic ideas and freedoms have been so well established throughout the years, it's easy for us to suggest alternate and more democratic ways of getting their point across. But, that is because that's how WE deal with it in our country and we've exprienced the changes that we can make democratically. However, I haven't forgetten all of the protests we Americans have made, as well as the Civil War we fought. We (Americans) too have marched the streets in order to get change but we have also been able to use our system too. In their country when the majority of their opinions are forgone while their leader reaps the benefits of whatever the hell he's doing maybe the only way they know how, the only way they'll be listened to is to protest in the streets. I truly wish it wasn't like that in South America...
~Jamie

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