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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 7:35 am Post subject: Re: Unusual for me but I'm going to get political for a mome |
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Chris, it's not the American People......
I personally know a lot of U.S. citizens that are very cool...
It's the U.S. Government that is causing all this evil, disguising it as a righteous "War on Terror".....
While George W. Bush is propogating more terror than Mankind has ever beheld......
sigh....
ok...
back to the regular programming....
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Shaky Tee
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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PANick11
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 8:32 am Post subject: Re: Unusual for me but I'm going to get political for a mome |
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I agree Chris..
Without the U.N......
we are lost.....
The standard definition of Terrorism is...or at least was..
"The calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to achieve a political, idiological or financial objective."
hmmmm...
That's pretty clear....or at least it should be...
PANick
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debbie mannas
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DreamTone7
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 2:58 pm Post subject: re |
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WARNING: HEAVY POST
Speaking as an American, I'd say you guys are all a little late in figuring all this out. Bush & Co. are all about gaining control over as much oil in the world as they can....always have been. It's called "capitalism gone too far". Thomas Jefferson, basically the author of our Constitution, stated in his memoirs that (not a direct quote), "...unless our leaders ahere to God-fearing morals, this system of government will fail". I think that can be said about any sytem of government....it is the people in charge, not the system or country that is at fault when things go awry. Democracy is a good system, but if the leaders are bad it doesn't make a difference.
There are many atrocities going on all over the world as we speak....do they all get the same press? No way. There are many reasons for this, but the U.S. won't step in unless there's something in it for them....in this case, oil (of course). But the US isn't the only country, and why doesn't the UN take any action? It's all pretty much a joke to me.
I will say, though, that in most other countries I'd probably be putting my life in danger by just writing what I have in this post....some of the countries that other posters on this board come from (whether they'd like to believe it or not). There is plenty to do locally in all of these countries that we live in to better our existence. America is still a good country.....we are just having a problem right now.
And let's not forget 9/11. Sadam may or may not be involved with terrorism....we may never know for sure. But the threat is real, and it's out there.
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ED1G PIGGY MOONRUST
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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DreamTone7
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 6:22 pm Post subject: re |
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I agree with what you say....I, too, spend a lot of time thinking. But I think we ALL need to be the guards....not just America. And we need to be guarding what goes on in our own countries. Are you familiar with the term "grass roots"? We need to start locally and work our way up. I think I saw an old Chinese proverb somewhere: "A person moves a mountain one stone at a time." (or something like that....perhaps you know?)
The media controls our actions to a great extent by focusing our attention on what they want us to pay attention to. I can't do anything about Bush right now (hopefully help elect him out in the future), but I can do something for my neighbors, friends and family. I will not ignore what I see on TV, but I will concentrate on where I am right now. That is where I feel I can have the greatest effect. Every country/city/neighborhood can stand improvement, don't you think?
As far as the UN goes, the countries of the world need to give it bigger teeth before it can become an effective tool. This will probably never happen.
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