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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Magness:
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Silver Cheetah, it may "piss you off", but in the minds of many (mine included) this is a conflict in which you are either with us or against us. There is no middle ground. Attempting to place yourself in a middle ground is unacceptable. There are only two sides here, not three.
MY ANSWER Claptrap. Not only claptrap, this is a postively dangerous attitude. This black/white, good/evil crap is totally simplistic, and does away with all need (in the opinions of those that tout it) for examining cause and effect.
Questioning of government aims and actions is fundamental if we are to continue to live in a democratic society that is moving towards (in theory anyway) securing a decent life for all global citizens. The US is the only remaining world power, for the time being anyway. What is does and how it does it is of HUGE concern to all global citizens.
So you want us all to sit here doing our Noddy imitation? Cheers, Big Ears, you can do the robot thing all you want - me, I've got a brain and I like using it.
Pure and simple ... the utter and complete destruction of those murdering terrorist bastards!!! Those attempting to stop that goal place themselves, whether they accept it or not, whether they like it or not, on the side of the aforementioned murdering terrorist bastards.
MY ANSWER Simplistic in the extreme. No-one here is against attempts to stop international terrorism, and that includes me. What is being questioned is a. the methods that are being used and b. the efficacy of those methods both in the long and short term.
Dictators of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your brains... YES, I can question all I damn well like! I live in a democracy where free speech is allowed. (Didn't America used to be that way once upon a time?? (Don't question, either for us or against us... next thing we know, it'll be 'off with her head'!! Where have we heard all this before......... )
While I am a bit leary of the long term implications of some of the new proposed/passed laws, I am not terribly concerned about the future of a bunch of whining socialist/anarchist troublemakers who have been left behind by the advance of history (i.e. the environmental and anti-globalism movements).
MY ANSWER If you don't give a shit about the future of this planet and the legacy we're going to be leaving our children and grandchildren, there are plenty that are.
Socialist/anarchist troublemakers, eh? Well, duckie, I'm one of those 'troublemakers', as you've probably sussed by now. My fellow 'troublemakers' are nurses, doctors, IT professionals, writers, artists..... the list is a long one. Dippy hippies are definitely in the minority as far as activism goes these days ..... (BTW, I work in the finance sector, mostly for IT. My feet are firmly on the ground, mister.)
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