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"Do you want to say it, or should I?" (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Apr 2012
OP
Yes, there are terrorists that blow up buildings. And there are terrorists
A Simple Game
Apr 2012
#6
truth2power
(8,219 posts)1. And the terrorists are not who we're told they are. n/t
marble falls
(57,110 posts)2. We have met the enemy and he is us.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)6. Yes, there are terrorists that blow up buildings. And there are terrorists
that make it hard for people to feed themselves and clothe themselves or get medical attention. Many of the second type are ones we voluntarily, as a whole, send to represent us in Washington. Many would rather make war on nations that have done us no harm, while denying money for research against diseases that kill millions yearly.
Which type do you think cause more suffering and death in this country?
saras
(6,670 posts)12. Depends on who you listen to. I've been hearing it's them since the sixties. Grew up on it.
SlipperySlope
(2,751 posts)3. This is not the America I grew up believing in.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)4. Nominate that for toon of the year.
That says so much about where we have come as a nation as a people.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)5. K&R
Quantess
(27,630 posts)7. K & R
Like an old married couple at the airport.
nineteen50
(1,187 posts)8. America home of the frightened!
Rex
(65,616 posts)9. Yep, 9/11 'changed everything'.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)10. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, MrScorpio.
midnight
(26,624 posts)11. K&R
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)13. K&R. So sad, so true. n/t