"Political standpoints out in the open"
06 / 14 / 02
General
I don't think I made my own stand on this whole war thing clear, so I will put it out in plain print. If my comment thing should start to get a real workout, well, I'll deal with that as it comes.
1. I am anti-war
2. Anti-war does NOT equal anti-government
3. Bush is not the government, no matter how much he wants to be
4. Therefore, I am also anti-Bush, not anti-government
5. The government is in need of some common sense
6. Being anti-war also does not make me a terrorist sympathizer
7. I sympathize for the loss of innocent life on both sides
8. There are alternatives to war that would prove just as effective
9. This war is nothing but a large bucket of so-called American revenge
10. The best revenge is thought out
11. Just because I am an American does not mean I agree with everything the American government does, supposedly in my name
12. The average American citizen who puts all their faith into the government is living in dreamland
13. The American people are often times screwed by the American government, which is sneakier about the screwing
14. There was no vote taken by the American populace as to whether or not we as a people wanted this war
...I think that's it. I'm not saying that those who did cause the 9/11 tragedy shouldn't be punished. I'm saying there's different means of 'punishment'. There are alternatives, and as an American citizen, it is implied that we have the right to know of, and choose, these alternatives.
Key word, implied.
And to others around the world, please don't make the same mistake that most 'dumb Americans' make in generalizing. Because, thankfully, not all of us are dumb.
We're just outnumbered.
Sorry, spammers forced my hand. Comments reviewed before being published.
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Hi,
I just stumbled on to your blog while randomly following links from those of other people, and I felt the need to comment on this.
I'm so glad to see someone else out there who feels the way I do about this whole mess, and managed to clearly state what those feelings are. Everytime I try to explain the way I feel I just keep getting looks like the people I'm talking to think that I've been eating babies and raping the elderly or something. They can't seem to get it through their heads that just because I'm not all gung-ho about bombing the hell out of Afghanastan and standing ready at a moments notice to do the same thing to anyone that disagrees, doesn't mean that I agree with what happened on 9/11 or that I'm anti-American or something.
Hmm, maybe I need to draw up a flowchart and just pull it out whenever someone wants to know my views on things,
( 1:47 pm )