No, I have no intention of discussing this any further as I have already stated. I don't really get where you think that I am trolling or looking to provoke any sort of response.
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Why are you bringing this up again? Are you trolling for a fight? Time to > take this elsewhere. There are plenty of political discussion sites where > people will be happy to engage you. > > Paul > On Apr 20, 2013, at 8:58 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
