pcmodem wrote:After yesterday's election, now it's clear to me how people like Hitler have come into power in the age of populist politics:
1. Voters just want to hear what they want to hear, irrespective of reality
2. Voters will vote for their party's candidate no matter how poor of a job they have done, even if they are destroying their own country
I won't be surprised to see more terrorist acts committed against Americans now, as we are now hated more internationally than we have ever been.
-PCM
This has got to be one of the most ill-informed, ignorant, and downright
stupid comment I've ever heard. The kind only capable of being made by idealogues who cry when they don't get their way. It shows the obvious fact that
you have no grounding in reality while you bask in the immense freedoms that you criticize. You have no idea what true tyranny is. Let me tell you something - we are not even
beginning to
head in that direction. You've never had to watch people eating tree bark while their government lavishes in banquets provided by foreign aid. You've never seen people shot and left to die simply because they wanted to leave their country for a better life. You've never seen the broken body of a woman who was stoned because it was her "fault" she was raped. Nope. Your candidate didn't get elected and we're spiralling towards oppression.
Your way or everyone is wrong. That's the simple argument that spurred how many countless conflicts and atrocities, including the one we are fighting now. Maybe you don't understand the enemy we are fighting who, by the way, is in Iraq. If you'd ever been there, and fought on the streets, you would know that many are not Iraqis. This is a battle for our survival, and better in Iraq than in the streets of the US - which ironically is not filled with mass battles and suicide attacks despite some of the ravings here. Maybe you do, because you sound just like them.
So how is Bush like Hitler? Patriot Act? Can you post any part of it that's unconstitutional from the Act itself, and not from some interpretation of its evil. The
fact is that the Patriot Act grants terrorism investigations the same tools that criminal investigations have had for the last 30 or so years, and with more judicial oversight. Tell me, what freedoms or constitutional rights have been lost like you've all claimed? Zero. A little inconvienece and the cries of oppression fly. You don't know how good you have it. When I hear comments like yours, it gives me that moment of pause when I wonder if spending more than all my adult years stomping through the mountains and deserts and other god-forsaken places on this Earth was worth it. But to know that you can say such stupid things without retribution proves that I've done my job well and can continue to do it proudly.
I only pop in and add to threads like these to dispel the myths and lies that seem to run rampant when people argue with emotion rather than facts, but this comment has truly crossed the line. In any self-respecting forum, a comment like that would have caused the thread to be locked and tossed. You know what....forget it. This is my last post. Go ahead and make remarks about "not letting the doorknob hit my ass" or "so long, you won't be missed", I don't really care and don't expect better. I'm sure Geezer already has a list of names like "Bushy" or "Republican dog" lined up, despite the fact I haven't supported Bush on this thread, only shot down all the BS that's constantly reiterated without question.
Genma, thanks for the forum. The rest is still great.
BMWRacer, it was good getting to chat with you a little. And thanks for the Ryoko thread.
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