On Wednesday 19 February 2003 07:39 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > --- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[ snips ] > > Our constitution provides everyone the right to state a contrary > > opinion on that, too. > > Indeed it does, however you haven't all that great of track record as of > late in backing up that claim. > I can't think when I have ever denied anyone their right to an opinion. I just don't have to agree with every opinion that comes along. > > that many of the core constituents of the anti-war rallies are the usual > > socialist sympathizers who hate private ownership of property in general >> and any > what kind of utter BS is that? Surely you can do better than calling > peace activists socialists or commies? And i'll also question your > claim of "most of" which has no statistical basis whatsoever. Unfortunately, you didn't read that statement very well. Many is certainly not the same as most. I can't speak for the demonstrations abroad, but some of the peace rallies here are indeed verifiably backed by professional organizations (many of whom are indeed socialist) that carefully coach, fund, and organize more than just peace rallies. I've listened to interviews of some of these people, and heard a complete presentation on the instructions given to the cadre of members who circulate from town to town to demonstrate Some of the demonstrators, but not all, genuinely believe in peace; others are hard core pacifists who, for example, would have left Great Britain to rot rather than coming to their aid in WWII (an example, the poet organizer of the anti-war poetry that is currently being collected.) > > > My sister-in-law is one of those people who came to internet surfing > > (Windows based, of course) late in life and who forwards to me > > immeasurable amounts of drivel along with a few pearls of wisdom / > > good jokes like this one. > > So far all i've seen is immeasurable amounts of warmongaring, > xenophobic, jingoistic drivel. due let us know when you've got > something based in fact & reality. Eventually, anyone who supports our government and the choices of its leaders is labeled a warmonger, and anyone who gives more credance to American interests than international interests is a jingoist. I don't know where xenophobic comes in, but it's good to toss around, too. Dislike for the political choices of a nation has nothing to do with xenophobia. I can like the food, poetry, novels, language, humor, etc. of France, Russia, Germany, Israel, China, Korea, and I've spent a lifetime studying some of the languages, but I certainly don't have to consider their political opinions to reflect fact and reality. Interesting how it is, Lonni, that your opinions are based in fact and reality, but any other opinions are just warmongaring, etc. That's what all of this is: just opinion. Are you so incredibly naive as to believe that the slogans of the peace activists are fact and reality instead of just opinion? You have the right to your opinion, they have the right to their opinion, but I don't need to consider their opinions as fact and reality. LOL, -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
