[Les Stacey]
People like myself who have put themselves in harm's way so that empty ensembles of clothes can engage in the nonsense the talkative ones here display?
[rhinoceros]
I know how it is when people are bashing what you think as the single most important thing you have done in your life. This is not new. Many people in different situations have come to know this. Life is a bitch.
That said, how do you think going to war in Iraq or Kosovo or even Afghanistan has helped the people back in the US? As I see it, all this is happening because of a particular worldview which says that US should get the money (oil, markets, etc) and be the boss. When someone makes a brave decision to face the consequences of this particular worldview, why should the other people who hold a different worldview be grateful and pay the price?
And now, a little serious crackpot ranting of my own. Although in theory people are always responsible for their actions, today big politics are driven by a new kind of quasi-sentient entity called The Corporation. Corporations are supposed to be led by (disposable) human management, but they have their own survival traits, will, goals and pleasures, they do not need to breath air (only indirectly), and their dream society is the Global Free Market. The election of an intellectually lacking person such as Bush as the President of the US seems to be a preparation for some actions which could not be supported by rational arguments as far as humans are concerned.
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