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Well I like her. It's refreshing to see different opinions than the mainstream, isn't it?
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The lemming mentality rules! "Either you are with us or against us!"
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She hasnt been persecuted by any of the mainstream media that I have heard or seen. I do see an occasional article by her in the washington post or other papers so it doesnt sound like she has had much of a hard time at all. (I think she was even on one of the "talking head" shows on sunday not too long ago.) What she has run into is outrage and contempt for her insensitivity to people who lost loved ones. And for her really lousey timing. I realize that is the fad to only be sensitive to those who are on the liberal left, but regular run of the day people who have had a terrible injustice done to them deserve some sensitivity too. It is quite apparent from her own writings that Ms. Sontag does NOT like her country. No where in any of her rightings does she espouse any love for democracy and capitalism, which is what this country is. Anyhoo my apologies for misconstruing your comments on Bushie. [ 09-10-2002, 10:16 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ] |
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09-10-2002, 12:18 PM | #17 |
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The lemming comment was strictly tied to the quote in my post, where either the world follows and are considered friends or countries don't and are considered enemies. We would like everyone to follow our lead and at the time of the quote dissension was deemed unacceptable. Everything I post is not absolute unlike the quote appeared to be.
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I'm not disagreeing with you skywalker, but to me the "Lemming mentality" is slightly different than what you are saying. I'm not a biologist and I never played the game, but to me a Lemming is someone who blindly follows the crowd with no thought or worry of the future and/or consequences. I think the American public has been guilty of this for a very long time. It was around before Osama (IMHO). That belief is a result of my lack of faith in the critical/independent thinking of people in general (especially Americans). (Shoot me, I'm a pessimist and a cynic).
The other part of your post I agree with. I definately get the feeling that Bush has a "with us or against us" attitude. That doesn't make him (or the coutries he's trying to convince) a Lemming. It makes him a Fascist. (Did I really just say that. Don't be too hard on me Majik [img]smile.gif[/img] ) As to Sontag. I had heard of her, but never read anything of hers except the article posted earlier. Unsensitive? Yes. Hates her country? Not from what I read in the article. Maybe in her other work. I don't know. I don't think I hate the U.S., but I do disagree with a lot of things the government does (Rep, Dem, State and Federal). I think capitalism, in its various forms, is the most effiecient type of economy, but I'm not convinced that it is the "best" for human beings or the planet. [cf. Enron, WorldCom, pollution]. Maybe Sontag does hate the country, but I don't think any of us can say for sure. For all we know, she may be pulling an Andy Kaufman on us and writing these articles to get us (or at least Majik) riled up. I think you can be extremely critical of our countries policies and campaign for non-capitalist economies and still love the country. The country is something different than our government or our economy (although it may be partially made up of parts of those things, if that makes any sense.) The "abuse" issue: I don't think Majik was being abusive. Vociferous and opinionated sure, but not abusive. He walks a fine line with, Quote:
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People who speak out against the policies of their government do not hate their country, on the contrary they want to try to make it better. There is a fine line though.
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Mark I agree with your last comment [img]smile.gif[/img]
And LOX no worries [img]smile.gif[/img] and you were correct about your definition of lemmings, and I agree that most americans if not most humans are very much lemmings, or perhaps to use another persons made up word, "sheeple". I think if there is one thing I can safely say, it is that I most definately do not fit the lemming or sheeple appelation. I have read some of Susan Sontags stuff in various news magazines or papers, don't remember exactly what she was writing about and so my stated opinion of her is just the sum total of the impressions she made on me. If she were sitting next to me, I might be nicer to her, but I would still be wanting to quote (pasaphrase actually) Chevy Chase of Saturday Night Live at her "Susan! You ignorant Sl**" I also agree with LOX that I was walking a fine line and was evidently just in a pissy mood when I first started posting in this thread. |
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