Aristotle On Tyranny:
Some Things Never Change
"...it is part [of the nature of tyranny] to strive to see to it that nothing is kept hidden . . .which any subject says or does, but that everywhere he will be spied upon... and further, to set man against man and friend against friend, and the common people against the privileged and the wealthy. Also it is part of these tyrannical measures, to keep the subjects poor, in order to pay the guards and the soldiers, and so that they will be occupied with earning their livelihood and will have neither leisure nor opportunity to engage in conspiratorial acts... Also, the tyrant is inclined constantly to foment wars.Aristotle, Politics
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(Above) 2003 International Day of Peace Rally in Palmer Park, Colorado Springs, opposing possible US military action against Iraq.
(Colorado Springs Independent, Feb 20-26, 2003) "CopWatch, a Denver-based police watchdog group. . .criticized the use of (tear) gas against what they called a crowd of 'non-violent protesters' and their children."
(The Gazette, December 9, 2005) "The names and license plate numbers of about 30 people who protested in Colorado Springs were put into FBI domestic-terrorism files, the ACLU Foundation of Colorado said. . ."