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sabrina 1

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8. Not very smart of him to assume that. There is intense anger everywhere,
Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:53 PM
Mar 2013

all it needs is a spark to ignite it. He needs to look at history. These changes do not happen out of the blue. There is always a catalyst, a confluence of events when everything seems to come together, things that have been simmering, suddenly boil over.

He should take a look at how things were before the American Revolution or the French Revolution. I am sure the Brits wished they had paid more attention to the signs, which they were getting for a long time. They ignored them, they were arrogant, just like the French, secure in the belief that the people were sufficiently 'in their place' not to go beyond their polite requests.

And things were nowhere near as widespread with the potential for so many more people to join the explosion when it happens.

But let them keep thinking that way. They are off guard, although I'm sure they believe they are prepared, robo cops and all.

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