10-29-2004, 06:26 PM
i'm sure sir o or even mad will be better at arguing this one than me, but -
do you have to wait until something affects you personally to point out that its wrong? they are slowly taking away any privacy we had left.
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theres a reason why people always mention books like 1984 with this. because its true. its not ground breaking stuff, its obvious stuff anyone who wants to take over knows. you make an enemy, preferably one that can never be defeated, scare the people into believing they're a threat, and rally them behind that. who knows, bush and cheney and everyone else involved might really be blind to this because they're to close to the cause to see it. changes like this don't happen overnight, where one day you wake up and you see it all unfold.
i'm not saying that terroists aren't a threat, but going after it the way Bush has is not the answer. Maybe if he could even admit he made mistakes and change his view I could accept it, but he's to worried about being hypocritical about flip flopping to do that. he's doing it with total disregard for the things most people take for granted in this country.
do you have to wait until something affects you personally to point out that its wrong? they are slowly taking away any privacy we had left.
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theres a reason why people always mention books like 1984 with this. because its true. its not ground breaking stuff, its obvious stuff anyone who wants to take over knows. you make an enemy, preferably one that can never be defeated, scare the people into believing they're a threat, and rally them behind that. who knows, bush and cheney and everyone else involved might really be blind to this because they're to close to the cause to see it. changes like this don't happen overnight, where one day you wake up and you see it all unfold.
i'm not saying that terroists aren't a threat, but going after it the way Bush has is not the answer. Maybe if he could even admit he made mistakes and change his view I could accept it, but he's to worried about being hypocritical about flip flopping to do that. he's doing it with total disregard for the things most people take for granted in this country.