I sincerely meant that apology. I was trying to let the whole thing drop, but I guess some people kept responding. Let me be clear: I have a growing distrust of the US federal government. Right now a bill is passing through congress that would allow them to openly monitor all of our communications. The patriot act would have never have passed without 9/11 happening. Now they can arrest you, declare you a terrorist and never even have to give you a trial. Is indefinite detention american? Is having checkpoints along the highways american? Do they make us any safer? I'm really sorry that the bombings happened. I'm glad the people involved were killed or arrested. I fear that as more of these events happen, more of our rights and freedoms will be taken away in the name of security.
My original comment was an attack at the government more than anything. I didn't mean to sound like a jerk in any way, but I guess that some people would find such commentary unamerican. I don't proclaim to have any answers at all, but I do have a great deal of questions. I find the recent actions by our government downright disturbing. I don't think I would be surprised in the least to learn about a domestic false flag. Heck, the CIA had a false flag operation in planning in the 60s. We fought two wars based upon their "intelligence." Maybe Osama was behind 9/11, I don't know. They were convinced Saddam had weapons of mass destruction too. Or at least they wanted the world to believe that. I do know the CIA has tapes of bin Laden stating over the phone that he had nothing to do with the attacks. If he didn't, who did? I don't want to start a flame war. I want to love my country and trust that people are trying to do the right thing, but knowing that this e-mail will pass through some government equipment somewhere so they can record it is really not cool with me. If they can't look through my mail what gives them the right to read my e-mail? So look I'm not a jerk, and I think someone that would attack another list member and then offer them no chance to even apologize is rather spineless. I long ago accepted that people might not like what I have to say, but I don't just blacklist people because they said something I didn't agree with. Who knows. Maybe I am a jerk. I like to think that I have my heart in the right place most of the time. I'm pretty sure we've all done something that has offended other people at one point or another. You damn sure can't make everyone happy, though I am a sucker for trying from time to time. Too bad, I thought those two guys were alright. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
