View Single Post
Old 10-13-2004, 10:13 AM   #17
slang
St Petersburg, Florida
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,423
Quote:
Originally Posted by marichiko
And which country has the greatest arsenal of WMD of all, and which has a penchant for undeclared wars against other nations?

Yes, I know exactly where you stand. I know a lot of people with this opinion. There are also many who have the exact opposite opinion. We know that they are nothing more than dumbasses though. Their vision is blurred by the bible, Bush's propaganda machine, and Fox news.

In the big picture we're all Americans and I have actually found some things that you have posted here to be interesting and sometimes even funny. We are polar opposites though but any opinions I have are of no value becuase I am a dumbass. They hold no validity. My experience and knowledge of the world is simply fantasy and trumped tenfold by yours. Fine.

Let's start talking about the post election strategy. There are too many numbers on each side to accept defeat, so no matter who wins, half of us lose. That means that tens of millions of people will feel that the political system has failed them. This is not good, no matter who wins.

We can go round and round with articles, referencs and opinions. Nothing changes, not your opinion, not mine. So what is the goal?

For me, it's developing a productive strategy for living with millions of people that 1.) are convinced that they hold the one truth on every issue, and 2.) resisting the culture changes that I so completely disagree with.

No Bruce that doesnt mean that I think Bush will lose :p

I have what I consider to be a unique position of seeing a large variety of very strong polar opposite opinions. My position has not changed but I recognize that we are in a very dangerous postition as a country.

You think that Muhammad and Malvo crashed the local econmy in the DC area over a short period of weeks? That incident is but a drop of water in a bucket, multiply those two by 2000 across the entire country, shooting people for God or Kerry or whatever. Game over.

There are so many people that see no chance for their hopes and dreams to become reality with the opposition's guy winning, that many will participate in some from of rebellion. Much of it will be in simple non-violent protest, much will be in wars in selective spending, and some to disrupt or destroy the system. There are such large numbers that even those that do not directly participate in questionable protest, there will certainly be people that harbor those that do.

There is a culture war in the air. Red versus Blue. Winning isnt winning, losing isnt losing. We are in for more interesting times ahead.

And no, this is not my plan. I'm just a dumbass, remember? Ask someone in the bible belt or NYC though.......
slang is offline   Reply With Quote