Don't take this as any kind of endorsement of GWB. I certainly won't be voting for him in November. I'm no fan of him, his policies, particularly those that have eroded civil liberties, or the Republican Party (who did essentially steal the 2000 election).

But the fact that this discussion can take place on an American-based forum is evidence that we are not living in a fascist society. The fact that we are free to dissent is evidence we not living in a fascist society. The fact that there is an *election* taking place this year in which Bush may very well go down to defeat, is evidence that we are not living in a fascist society.

Casually throwing around terms like "fascism" or "Naziism" demeans the people who have suffered and died under such regimes.