Re: Giant anti-war demonstration in Melbourne

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sat Feb 15 2003 - 16:39:00 MST

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    Arti querried:

    <<As far as I know, the anti-war protests I have been involved with are
    basically anti-DEATH and speaking out  against bullying tactics by my own #$%&
    @! government! Anti-American??? I THINK NOT!   Anti-current warmongering
    policy, YES.>>

    America going after hostiles is by definition, war-mongering to you. Since
    neither you, nor I will be shouldering a rifle in this comming jihad, this
    relegates us to email flames, I'm afraid.

    <<What *I* want as a protester is a government that does not DICTATE to its
    citizens and the world that it means to be "the boss", and that it is always
    RIGHT! Our government needs to continuously work harder with the other
    countries of the world and come together to deal more effectively with people
    like Osama who perpetuate fear and death among us human beings. We need to
    learn to deal effectively with problems like these on a global scale, not
    unilaterally as "King George II" wants to do.>>

    You want our government and other governments to behave as you would wish
    them, and so do I, but the wishes of you and I are diamterically opposed. We
    need to Boss other nations around because of so many Americans have died, by
    "acting respectfully", which in most parts is seen as weakness.

    I believe the nations like France, Germany, Belgium, Mother Russia, China; as
    a very brief summary, would like to see the United States (and by definition
    its citzenry) contained, broken, and perhaps destroyed, respectively. Its not
    paranoia when it happens before our electronic eyes and ears, and 9-11
    happended, and the Euro denouncements of the US are happening.

    Let me say that when thousands perish in Sidney, vis a vi, a successful
    attack; the choice for Australia's citizens will be clearer then. This will
    be a digital choice I am suggesting; 0 or 1, war or withdrawl, yes or no. We
    may discuss that later if you'd like?

    George hasn't found Osama, this is true, but Europe and China are not "hot
    nuts" for entering Pakistan and routing out the bastard and his ISI
    supporters either. I voted for Gore, last election because I liked his ideas
    on energy, which were better than no ideas, which GB2 seemed to exemplify. I
    surely support Bush2 now as a antidote to the nihilsm and strident
    Chamberlinist mentality pervading the Left and the Liberals too.

    <<The world will always be full of "thugs", I just don't think that the
    United States should become one of them by threatening other countries with
    it's own WMD's FOR ANY REASON! Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a JUSTIFIED
    war with conventional high-tech weapons, for reasons such as if a country
    tries to forcibly take over its neighgbor or perpetuates "ethnic cleansing"
    or whatever you want to call it.>>

    Ok you've decided then to wait until a 1st strike, and absorb the deaths, and
    then react after the fact, and the body count has been conducted. Very well.
    I vociferously disagree to having my fellow citizens lying dead in the
    streets by the thousands, so the protestors can feel themselves to be morally
    justified.

    <<As for the "rogue entities" (meaning terrorist groups etc.), if they REALLY
    want weapons, there will always be people out there willing to sell to them,
    that is unavoidable no matter how many countries are involved in the "War
    against Terrorism". I can't think of any real effective way of controlling
    the uncontrollable, but I do think that increasing national security is a
    good thing as long as our civil liberties are still protected (which I
    definitely think they are not!). >>

    Yes, possessing and obtaining such weapons is surely, possible. However, if
    there is a rolling military and political campaign, joined by many nations as
    it gains steam, and fiercely enforced by the CIA, then even the Russian Mafia
    might find it not worth the trouble. 100 million for a stolen nuke is not
    worth it if you and your compadres' can't spend the money in hell.

    <<Can we please stop this madness from spreading?

    Arti>>

    The madness, as you state it, is not a one-sided coin. The madness is a
    profilgate European and North Korean hunger for cash, and prestige, and the
    willingness to sell to people who have the mentality of Koba the Bandit (aka
    Stalin), whom happens to be Saddam's beloved role model from his youth. The
    madness is a citizenry of those states, willing to coddle terrorist and
    jihadi nations (including the USA's coddling of the Saudi Royals) and the
    wondering why the snake turns around and bites us in the bum? You want a
    world where people sensibly negotiate, and exchange ideas through analysis
    and resolve? Good, then remove dictatorships, and the governments which suck
    up to them. Because these dictatorships and their quisling lakeys are holding
    up the arrival of such a world state.

    Yours, in peace

    Mitch



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