Reply #92: See #82 [View All]

It is clear what is happening.

I was never discussing whether to pardon or not to pardon. I was stating that the coups and imprisonments and pardons were purely political. Nixon was pardoned, doesn't equate that he was innocent.

Point being, an attempted coup 4 years ago is hardly an excuse to revoke a license today. After reading the article I posted in #82, I'm even more convinced. Chavez is turning the country into a socialist dictatorship. Some people are willing to give up some personal freedoms in exchange for economic security. We give up personal freedoms in this country too. But we should no more turn our back on the increasing government control of the media in Venezuela than we should turn our back on the corporate control of our own media.

We're living in a time of nutty dictators and religious extremists. I don't know why, but they're cropping up like dandelions in June. All over the damned place. Including right here. I hope it's a blip on the radar and not an indication of some new Dark Ages. We sure can't ignore them, not any of them, imo.