Its our president, our government, that caused, and continues to exascerbate
these attrocaties.
It isn't enough to say, "I didn't vote for him," or "I was to young to vote
for him" because that trivializes the thousands of Iraquis who gave up their
lives for a lie. People don't seem to be outraged anymore..its like the
government has done so many terrible things that when they do something else
its lie.."well thats government". How can someone possibly say that? I just
dont understand..to say that "it was just government" when the CIA was
funneling crack into ghettos to try to enslave an entire generation of black
people, how can the entire country not be outraged by that? How is that
something that huge doesn't even make the back pages of the New York Times?
How can we stand by while our government drops more munitions in six months
than was spent in the entire Vietnam war, to muscle a dictator(that we
established) to the same conditions he agreed to before the bombing started?
And then, stand by while the Indonesian "militias" killing half of a
cultures population in 25 years? Not even the Jews were exterminated with
such depravity for human life, and yet we do nothing, and we say nothing.
When a movie comes that actuall adresses even a sliver of that, and is able
to be viewed by huge numbers of people..that has to be one of the most
substantial things I've heard about in a long time. Even if it is just a
movie, Its making people question the things they read..even if it came from
the new york times, or the wasington post. We have to show them that we
aren't cattle anymore, that if you lie cheat and steal it will not be
tolerated. This movie isn't the panacea..and its not exactly creating an
outcry of support for the Iraqui position, but even a small change in such
an ingrined infastructre is monumental.
Not only was George Bush my President, he was a fellow human being, and for
me that is more than sufficent to command my disgust.
Mark
http://dugmartsch.tripod.com
And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder, and dad
would throw the garbage all across the floor, as we would lay and learn
what each other's bodies were for. And your mom would drink until she
was no longer speaking, and dad would dream of all the different ways to
die, each one a little more than he could dare to try.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philip Smoker
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:27 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MMouse]: I got a magnet in my head
Mark said:
I'll hold my tounge..but when twenty thousand people
diebecause of a
promise that someone who bears any connection to
me(howeverpassively)
reniged on...I consider that substantial.
OK, what am I missing here? Is this in reference to
Three Kings, and more specifically the Gulf War?
What passive connection do you have with George Bush
and the United States Armed Forces? The fact that you
live in the same country as them?
Please, extol the virtues of Three Kings for the
group.
thanks for picking it up,
*phiL*
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