November is coming.
I went out today briefly to run an errand. The police were around every corner. I saw at least three different cars pulled over, it was unnerving. On that vibe I rented a movie called The Weather Underground and took it home to watch.
This is a documentary about the rise and fall of the Weathermen. They were a group of political radicals who protested the Vietnam War and American Imperialism with bombings and protests.
It is absolutely freighting at the way the Richard Nixon's rhetoric for the Vietnam War parallels that of the right today and George Bush’s axis of evil and if your not for us your against us mania.
The film suggests that thinking you are absolutely right and correct is a dangerous license and the basis of wars. Throw God in there and you have a combustible formula for destructive justifications. We have already seen this in Iraq. The point is this government takes away our liberties by telling us it knows how to keep us safe, when in fact, none of us is safe until the whole world is safe.
November is coming.
| Posted by: Samuel J | July 9, 2004 05:33 AM |
"Naturally the common people don't want war, but after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich-Marshall at the Nuremberg trials after WWII History repeats itself. |
| Posted by: Liz | July 9, 2004 11:23 AM |
So true! Did you notice we are back on terror alert? How convenient isn't it? |
| Posted by: Camilo | July 12, 2004 08:16 AM |
Liz, seriously, if this elections are cancelled, or Bush et al. figure some way to disenfranchise their opponents, this country will simply implode. Scary. |