Be very wary of people building power outside the rule of law: In 1923,....... Despite the fact that Hitler was convicted of High Treason, a sympathetic judge sentenced him to a mere five years, of which he only served nine months. Additionally, Hitler's own private army, the Brownshirts & the SS, assaulted his enemies, disrupted their political gatherings, and generally paved the way for his rise to power. This is an example of why allowing certain political groups and parties to be "above the law" can be a great threat to democracy.
Read more--
http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2009/09/08/10_lessons_we_can_learn_from_the_rise_of_the_nazis?page=full&comments=true
-- Andy Armstrong
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