Some Very Basic Political Science for Dumbies
Immortalist
~ Yet the history of dictatorship in the twentieth century serves to show
how deep the problem of choice goes. Neither the revolutionary dictatorships
which promised a great new future, nor the more conservative ones like
Franco which sought to retain an old authority, could eliminate moral, and
associated political, fragmentation even when they definitely intended to do
just that. The most they could do was to drive it underground, leaving it to
return, often in deeper form precisely because of the record of dictatorship
itself and the issues surrounding that.
~ Accordingly, moral philosophy has to make its peace with existential
choice in whatever way it can...
http://www3.mistral.co.uk/stgok/cvslot.htm
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Authoritarianism: used to describe a leadership (government) which is ruled
by a small select/elite group (perhaps just one person) which makes all
important decisions for the community (country). The distinction between
Authoritarianism and totalitarianism is slight, however authoritarian
leaderships are thought of as being much more benevolent, less oppressive.
Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, countries ruled by Authoritarianism can be
successful. One of the most successful countries in the world, Singapore is
ruled by Authoritarianism. In Singapore's case, justification was given to
it's strict social behavior laws as "a way to force civility onto a
third-world country", which it was at the time of it's separation from
Malaysia. While this quote is not verbatim, it is accurate as to a quote by
Lee Kuan Yew. Someone please find the exact quote and insert it here.
Another country once considered Authoritarian is Spain, under Franco. Some
considered Totalitarian are Cuba and North Korea.
Perhaps the true difference between Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism is:
There is no difference. 'Authoritarian' countries are prosperous, and being
'Totalitarian' caries a negative stigma.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism
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Totalitarianism:
...is a form of government in which the citizen is totally subject to
absolute state authority in all aspects of day-to-day life. The term was
created by Hannah Arendt in order to illustrate the commonalities between
Nazism and Stalinism. It has also been used to include all fascist and
communist regimes, although some would characterize some fascist regimes,
such as Franco's Spain, and some communist regimes, such as China under Deng
Xiaoping, as more authoritarian than totalitarian. Totalitarian governments
are generally regarded as dictatorships. The terms totalitarian democracy
and totalitarian republic have also been used. This classification results
from the fact that totalitarian regimes are generally popular, at least at
the beginning, and their ideological justification comes from the state
acting on behalf of the people.
Most political scientists believe that totalitarian regimes were rare before
the 20th century as the technological means and ideological justifications
for controlling large numbers of people did not exist.
Some political analysts, notably Jean Kirkpatrick, make a distinction
between totalitarianism and authoritarianism. Both types of governments can
be extremely brutal to political opponents. However, in an authoritarian
government, the government's efforts are directed at those who are
considered political opponents, and the government has neither the will or
often the means to control every aspect of an individual's life. In a
totalitarian system, ideology requires that every aspect of an individual's
life be subordinate to the state.
In some political philosophies such as libertarianism, totalitarianism is
regarded as the most extreme form of statism. However, other political
philosophers disagree with this analysis as it implies that totalitarianism
can come into being through a slow and gradual increase from an operational
government, while totalitarian regimes almost uniformly come into being as a
result of a revolution which replaces what is generally regarded as an
ineffective government.
Some religious Fundamentalist regimes, such as those found in Iran have
sometimes been described as totalitarian.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism
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Totalitarian democracy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Totalitarian democracy is considered by some to be a democracy, although it
does not realistically follow the common idea of what a democracy is. It can
be considered as a democracy if the dictator is giving what the people want
in their lives and how the country should be run, for example, better health
care.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy
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Dictatorship:
A dictatorship is a government headed by a dictator. Originally a legitimate
military office in the Roman Republic, the dictator was given his powers by
the Senate. The dictator had absolute power
In the twentieth century, the term dictatorship has come to mean a
government in which absolute power is concentrated in the hands of a
dictator and sometimes his cronies. Many Latin American dictators have held
the title of President), but wield extraordinary, often non-constitutional
powers. Still other modern dictators seize power in a military coup d'état,
and are supported by the military.
The dictator generally controls the three state powers : legislative,
executive and judicial.
In dictatorship, there is not periodical universal, free, direct and secret
polling of the citizens to elect the leaders. In some dictatorships, the
power was obtained originally from democratic elections (like Hitler´s
nazism), but later the rest of parties and races were persecuted and no more
free elections happened (see human rights).
Ironically, several dictatorships include the word democratic in their
official names, such as Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
The dictator and dictatorship members are subject to national and
responsability because of their acts (see International Criminal Court).
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship
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Dictator:
Today, dictator is usually understood to mean a person who controls or
governs a totalitarian regime, and usually carries a connotation of
brutality.
Ancient Rome: In its original sense, dictator meant a political office of
the Roman Republic. Indeed, dictator is a Latin word that means (roughly)
"one who commands". A dictator was elected in times of military emergency to
take command of the state and its armies for a term of 6 months. Unlike
ordinary Roman govenment officials, dictators were elected without
colleagues and had no limits on their authority, military or civil. A
dictator was chosen by the Senate and confirmed by a vote of the people. The
dictator, once confirmed, chose his own Magister Equitum or "Commander of
the Cavalry" to help him in his administration.
The best known of the Roman dictators of the regular type were Cincinnatus
and Fabius Maximus (see Second Punic War). Julius Caesar was named dictator
for a 10 year term in 46 BC and "dictator for life" in 45, both irregular
appointments.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator
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Fascism:
Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, refers to the authoritarian
political movement which ruled Italy in 1922-1943 under the leadership of
Benito Mussolini. The name comes from fascio, which may mean "bundle", as in
a political group, but also fasces, the Roman authority symbol of a bundle
of rods and axe-head.
The word fascism has come to mean any system of government resembling
Mussolini's, that exalts nation and often race above the individual and uses
violence and modern techniques of propaganda and censorship to forcibly
suppress political opposition, engages in severe economic and social
regimentation, and espouses violent nationalism and racism (ethnic
nationalism). Unlike the pre World War II where many groups openly and
proudly proclaimed themselves as fascist, in the post-World War II period
the term has taken on an extremely pejorative meaning, largely in reaction
to the crimes against humanity undertaken by the Nazis. Today, very few
groups proclaim themselves as fascist, and the term almost universially is
used for groups for whom the speaker has little regard for.
Fascism, in many respects, is an ideology of negativism: anti-liberal,
anti-Communist, anti-democratic, anti-egalitarian, etc. As a political and
economic system in Italy, it combined elements of corporatism,
totalitarianism, nationalism, and anti-Communism.
Fascism is generally regarded as somehow "opposite" to socialism or
communism. Mussolini himself characterized it as such in a 1932 paper
entitled What Is Fascism?:
...Fascism [is] the complete opposite of…Marxian Socialism, the materialist
conception of history of human civilization can be explained simply through
the conflict of interests among the various social groups and by the change
and development in the means and instruments of production.... Fascism, now
and always, believes in holiness and in heroism; that is to say, in actions
influenced by no economic motive, direct or indirect. And if the economic
conception of history be denied, according to which theory men are no more
than puppets, carried to and fro by the waves of chance, while the real
directing forces are quite out of their control, it follows that the
existence of an unchangeable and unchanging class-war is also denied - the
natural progeny of the economic conception of history. And above all Fascism
denies that class-war can be the preponderant force in the transformation of
society.... --Benito Mussolini, public domain, from The Internet Modern
History Sourcebook
People often characterize a fascist government as "extreme right-wing" and a
socialist government as "extreme left-wing". Others point out that the
differences between fascism and totalitarian forms of socialism are more
superficial than actual.
The most common feature of fascism cited in contrast to socialism is the
fact that neither Hitler nor Mussolini nationalized their nations'
industries. Some contend that this difference is also more cosmetic than
actual, since both leaders used extreme regulation to control industry,
while leaving them in the hands of their owners. Hitler commented on this
difference in a letter to Herman Rauschning, where he wrote:
"Of what importance is all that, if I range men firmly within a discipline
they cannot escape? Let them own land or factories as much as they please.
The decisive factor is that the State, through the Party, is supreme over
them regardless of whether they are owners or workers. All that is
unessential; our socialism goes far deeper. It establishes a relationship of
the individual to the State, the national community. Why need we trouble to
socialize banks and factories? We socialize human beings."
Some attribute to Stalin the characterization of fascism as a diametric
opposite to socialism. Stalin was eager to distance his government from
those of Hitler and Mussolini, and forbade reference to Nazis as "National
Socialists", insisting that they be consistently referred to as "fascists".
Individuals who make this attribution generally argue that fascism is
actually a variant of socialism, differing superficially from Stalinism.
Practice of fascism
Examples of fascist systems include Nazi Germany and Spain under the Falange
Party of Francisco Franco, in addition to Mussolini's Italy.
Fascism in practice embodied both political and economic practices, and
invites different comparisons. Writers who focus on the politically
repressive policies of fascism identify it as one form of totalitarianism, a
description they use to characterise not only Fascist Italy and Nazi
Germany, but also communist countries such as the Soviet Union, Communist
China and Cuba (although the Soviet Union opposed the self-described fascist
states of Italy and Germany during World War II, and fascists and communists
identify each other as enemies).
However, some analysts point out that some fascist governments were arguably
more authoritarian rather than totalitarian. There is almost universial
agreement that Nazi Germany was totalitarian. However, many would argue that
the governments of Franco's Spain and Salazar's Portugal, while Fascist,
were more authoritarian than totalitarian.
Writers who focus on economic policies of state intervention in the market
and the use of state apparatuses to broker conflicts between different
classes make even broader comparisons, identifying fascism as one form of
corporatism, a political outgrowth of Catholic social doctrine from the
1890s, with which parallels have been drawn embracing not only Nazi Germany,
but also Roosevelt's New Deal United States and Juan Peron's populism in
Argentina.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
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Connotation:
In logic and in some branches of semantics, connotation is more or less
synonymous with intension. Connotation is often contrasted with denotation,
which is more or less synonymous with extension. See these articles for
further information.
In everyday usage, connotation has a different meaning. To explain this
meaning, it is helpful to explicate the partial theory or meaning that it
presuposes. The theory goes like this: every word or phrase has a true,
literal meaning. Nonetheless, the literal meaning is not the only meaning
associated with the words; there are other secondary meanings, often having
to do with emotional content. These secondary are known as the connotations.
For example, a stubborn person may be described as being either
strong-willed or pig-headed. Although these have the same literal meaning
(i.e. stubborn), strong-willed connotes admiration for someone's
convictions, while pig-headed connotes frustration in dealing with someone.
Note that not all theories of meaning honor the distinction between literal
meaning and connotations. (See Literal and figurative language.) Thus
"connotation" may or may not be a philosophically or scientifically serious
word. Nonetheless, it is frequently used.
A desire for increased positive connotations (or fewer negative ones) is one
of the reasons for using euphemisms.
It is important to avoid words with strong connotations (especially
disparaging ones) when striving to achieve a neutral point of view.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connotation
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Atrocity:
From atrocious: Greek 'black eye.' Of or being extremely wicked, brutal, or
cruel.
In general use, an atrocity is the moralist's term for a politically or
ethnically motivated mass-killing of civilians. In international law, more
precise terms are war crime and crime against humanity.
An atrocity can be a single specific event, or a series of events, or can
refer to genocide. A defining characteristic of an atrocity is its brutal or
systematic nature. It is an act of killing that is in violation of all moral
principles, and can only be justified by social systems that are deviantly
altered from long established morality. Killing and war has been happenning
since before the historical record. Often hostilities exceed the legitimate
mandate of killing enemy combatants to include attacks upon unarmed or
otherwise non-combative peoples. Thus every culture has in its history acts
of killing which are atrocities.
In the last century, over 160 million civilians were killed in violent
conflicts, compared with roughly only 40 million soldiers.
Informally, people may refer to individual or a limited number of deaths of
a cruel nature as an atrocity, as people may do so to characterise such an
act as immoral, rather than to say the death was comparable to larger mass
killings.
'Atrocity' in political use:
The word 'atrocity' in use, is often political. One state may refer to the
acts of killing of another as atrocities or murder while its own killing is
not so regarded, and justified in context.
In the context of a war, civilians are always killed. However, countries
have committed to certain laws of war. The degree to which a military is
designed to consider the lives of civilians is often given a relative
sociopolitical value. Between combatants, the more considerate of the two
being the more 'righteous', even though both sides may commit grave acts of
mass killing, such acts are often not referred to as 'atrocities.'
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocities
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War crime:
A war crime is a crime against civilians, in violation of established
protections in laws and customs of war. The terms is defined largely by
international law, including the Geneva Conventions. It comprises such acts
as mistreatment of prisoners of war or civilians. Some instances of mass
murder and genocide are in whole or part to be considered war crimes.
War crimes are significant in human rights law because it is an area where
international tribunals such as the Nuremberg trials have been convened.
Recent examples are the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
On July 1, 2002 the International Criminal Court based in The Hague came
into being for the prosecution of war crimes committed after that date.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime
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Crime against humanity:
A crime against humanity is the result of persecution against a group, and
is so heinous as to warrant punishment under international law. The term was
first used in the preamble of the Hague Convention of 1907, and subsequently
used during the Nuremberg trials as a charge for actions such as the
Holocaust which did not violate a specific treaty but were deemed to require
punishment.
The term has been criticized for being extremely vague and for being
politically defined. For example, Nazi attempts to eliminate certain ethnic
groups were considered crimes against humanity yet Soviet attempts to
eliminate certain economic groups were not by some people.
In its Article 7, the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court
says:
For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the
following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack
directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack: (a)
Murder; (b) Extermination; (c) Enslavement; ...
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_humanity
http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebook/crimes-against-humanity.html
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Torture
Torture is defined as the infliction of severe physical or psychological
pain as a means of punishment, intimidation, for the extraction of a
confession, or the obtainment of information. Torture is prohibited by the
UN Convention Against Torture, and is considered a severe violation of human
rights.
Torture is a controversial topic. Therefore, what is and is not considered
torture, as well as accusations of who does and does not use torture are
bound to be biased by a persons philosophy and may even have a political
basis. When writing about such controversial topics please consider the
Neutral Point of View.
Torture was used by many governments and countries in the past (especially
in the Middle Ages). Torture remains a popular method of repression in
totalitarian regimes, terrorist and organized crime, and is frequently used
by democratic governments as well. During the Algerian war of 1955-1962, the
French military used torture against National Liberation Front. Paul
Aussaresses, a French general during the Algerian war, defended the use of
torture in a 2000 interview in the Paris newspaper Le Monde. In an interview
on the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes, in response to the question of whether
he would torture Al-Qaeda suspects, his answer was, "It seems to me it's
obvious."
CIA agents have anonymously confirmed to the Washington Post in a December
26, 2002 report that the CIA routinely uses so-called "stress and duress"
interrogation techniques, which are claimed by human rights activists to be
acts of torture, in the US-led war on terrorism. These sources state that
CIA and military personnel beat up uncooperative suspects, confine them in
cramped quarters, duct tape them to stretchers, and use other restraints
which maintain the subject in an awkward and painful position for long
periods of time.
The Post article continues that sensory deprivation, through the use of
hoods and spraypainted goggles, sleep deprivation, and selective use of
painkillers for at least one captive who was shot in the groin during his
apprehension are also used. The agents also indicate in the report that the
CIA as a matter of course hands suspects over to foreign intelligence
services with far fewer qualms about torture for more intensive
interrogation. The Post reported that one official said, "If you don't
violate someone's human rights some of the time, you probably aren't doing
your job." The US Government denies that torture is being conducted in the
detention camps.
The use of torture has been criticized not only on humanitarian grounds, but
on the grounds that evidence extracted by torture tends to be extremely
unreliable and that the use of torture corrupts institutions which tolerate
it. Torture victims have often reported that the purpose is as much to force
acquiescence on an enemy as it is to gain information.
To prevent torture, many legal systems have a right against
self-incrimination. The United States includes this right in the fifth
amendment to its constitution, which in turn serves as the basis of the
Miranda warning that is issued to individuals upon their arrest.
Additionally, the US Constitution's eighth amendment expressly forbids the
use of "cruel and unusual punishments", which is widely interpreted as a
prohibition of the use of torture.
Human rights organizations, such as Amnesty International, are actively
involved in working to stop the use of torture throughout the world.
Torture Devices and Methods:
Beatings and physical violence
Burning at the stake
Crucifixion
Drowning
The rack
Rape
Sleep deprivation
The wheel
The thumbscrew
Pressing
Stress and Distress Tactics used by Police
Some methods imployed by law enforcement and states are seen by some as
being tantemount to torture such as, "third degree."
Methods of Execution
A method of killing a prisoner for a capital crime which involves, or has
the potential to involve, a great deal of pain or mutilation is considered
to be torture and unacceptable to many who support capital punishment.
Firing Squad
Bullet to the back of the head
Hanging
Drawing and quartering
Gas chamber
Electric chair
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture
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Government:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government
The State:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/State
The Justification of the State:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_justification_of_the_state
Nationalism
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism
Ethnic Nationalism
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_nationalism
Folklore
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore
Representative Democracy
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy
Republics
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic
Propoganda
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
Coup d'état:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d'etat
Regime change:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime_change
(#for more basics search here:)
http://www.wikipedia.org/
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Pathways to Democracy:
http://www.rahvaylikool.ee/socrates/9.htm
Military History:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history
School for Dictators:
http://killeenroos.com/5/Dictator.htm
Tendencies Towards Authoritarianism:
A Comparative Analysis of Russia and Bulgaria
http://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/94-96/dimitrov/index.htm
From Warsaw To Sofia
A History of Eastern Europe:
http://www.hungary.com/corvinus/lib/bogdan/bogdan00.htm
THE BALKAN DICIATORSHIPS:
http://www.hungary.com/corvinus/lib/bogdan/bogdan18.htm
Information Technology:
Weapon of Authoritarianism or Tool of Democracy?
www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/DV/PaperAuthism.html
The Asian Industrial Revolution and the Legal Order for
the New Socialist Market Economy of China:
http://law.rikkyo.ac.jp/npa/ng201.htm
FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY
http://www.hermanos.org/nonviolence/dictodem.html
POWERS OF PERSUASION.(propaganda)
http://tinyurl.com/80d1
List of battles 1901-forward
http://tinyurl.com/80da
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Philip Baker
<Reanima...@yahoo.com> writes
>Totalitarianism:
>...is a form of government in which the citizen is totally subject to
>absolute state authority in all aspects of day-to-day life. The term was
>created by Hannah Arendt in order to illustrate the commonalities between
>Nazism and Stalinism. It has also been used to include all fascist and
>communist regimes, although some would characterize some fascist regimes,
>such as Franco's Spain, and some communist regimes, such as China under Deng
>Xiaoping, as more authoritarian than totalitarian.
Franco's Spain wasn't Fascist. He never got the trains to run on time.
--
Philip Baker
http://textual.net/link.to/amazon/critical_thinking
Brian Fletcher
"Philip Baker" <ph...@thalasson.com> wrote in message
news:U+UN9OAu...@thalasson.com...
In Switzerland, this was never a problem, as all the watches were delivered
by train.
The time ran on trains........
Brian
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Immortalist
The quick and easy to understand guide to political ideologies:
POLITICAL/PHILOSOPHICAL
FEUDALISM
You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
FASCISM
You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them
and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM
You have two cows. Your neighbours help you take care of the cows and you
all share the milk.
APPLIED COMMUNISM
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes
all the milk.
DICTATOR
You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.
MILITARISM
You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. Your neighbours decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. Your neighbours pick someone to tell you who gets the
milk.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
The government promises to give you two cows if you vote for it. After the
election the president is impeached for speculating in cow futures. The
press dubs the affair "Cowgate". The cow sues you for breach of contact.
BRITISH DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. You feed them sheep's' brains and they go mad. The
government doesn't do anything.
EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them
and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. After that it
takes both, shoots one and milks the other and pours the milk down the
drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing
cows.
CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
You have the cow, your neighbour has the bull. You sell the milk, calves and
manure. You bullshit investors.
TOTALITARIANISM
You have two cows. The government takes them and denies they ever existed.
Milk is banned.
SURREALISM
You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica
lessons.
CORPORATE
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and
the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company,
using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then
execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get
all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of
the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company
secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven
cows back to your listed company.
The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one
more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you
with nine
cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of
four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an
ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow
cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them Worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once
a month, and milk themselves.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows. Both are mad.
A HINDU CORPORATION
You have two cows. You worship them.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count
them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you
have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for
storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full
employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported
the numbers.
AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION
You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute.
RELIGIOUS
CATHOLICISM
Has a Papal Bull. Not to be confused with other denizens of Rome, Italy who
kill bull in cruel arena spectacle and eat its testicles. Pope's testicles
must be confirmed present due to historical 'Female Pope' mix-up; therefore
are not eaten but still talks a load of bullocks about things he has no
experience of: sex and contraception..
MORMONS
Have impressive gilded bulls in temple. Have herds of sister wives and
stamina of bull.
HINDUISM
Has sacred cows. Feeds milk to religious statues.
ANGLICAN
Talks a load of bull, especially about whether or not women may join clergy.
BRANCH DAVIDIAN
Locks self in stable with cows, burns everything down rather than handing
cows over to government officials investigating dairy for illegal
milk-trading. Glut of roast beef on market.
AMERICAN
Has McDonalds.
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