Re: It's oppression...
Well, when our government does it at least it's not to keep themselves in power artificially. Politicians in a democracy are going to lose their jobs at some point anyway, mostly to their great relief. Come to think about it, the basic definition of a democracy is a system where the national leaders can leave their jobs and retire quietly.
Politicians in a dictatorship use every trick in the book to keep their jobs as long as possible.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
