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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:22 PM
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12 civilians are blown to bits today by NATO forces
and as I drive through my town tonight, I see US citizens shmoozing around restaurant tables with roses and candy telling each other all about what Love is.

sometimes I want to Vomit.

unrec all you want. I dont care.
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:24 PM
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1. Rec
I am very unhappy w/ the lack of concern.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:25 PM
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2. if Bush were in office, people would be up in arms
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Tim01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:27 PM
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3. Our side won, the war is ok now. It wasn't really about the war. nt
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:27 PM
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4. I remember how horrified people were about Fallujah
this situation is similar, from what I can tell.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:31 PM
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6. I wish every goddamned one of them experienced a bomb being dropped on their house
every US citizen should experience that, shells and bombs and mortars being dropped on their goddamned towns, watching their children scream in terror , having to pick up the bodies of their dead children and hold them in their arms and wonder why anyone would do this

they wont. they will just watch it like a goddamned football game. Its 'over there' , its 'dark people', its not 'white christians', its not 'americans'. so they dont care a whit.

and they dont even care about the soldiers who are there.

Its especially sickening on a day that is supposed to promote LOVE. Love, indeed. my ass.
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:38 PM
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7. and tomorrow is Feb15
Edited on Sun Feb-14-10 08:47 PM by G_j
the seventh anniversary of the world wide anti-war demonstrations.
the military madness continues.
crickets



you are right in that people are so numb that nothing short of having their own neighbor bombed, would seem to get their attention.
It's come down to the military families to deal with the suffering of their loved ones. The people don't seem to care enough about them either.
Many of those "I support Our Troops" bumperstckers are fading and peeling.
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:30 PM
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It is terribly disconcerting.
People seem so disconnected from everything around them.
I think it may be somewhat attributable to "outrage fatigue."

The rest? Apathy? Ignorance?

I don't know what to think anymore.
BHN
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:30 PM
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5. I DUPE, DELETE
Edited on Sun Feb-14-10 08:33 PM by BeHereNow
bhn
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 08:55 PM
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8. Well, I'll rec this gladly.
We are the ones who wield the sword, those others are the ones who bleed by it.

If we want to save those others, we have to somehow stop enabling the wielding of the sword.

sw
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 09:55 PM
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9. It is only twelve people, who cares...
:cry:

Nobody cares about the millions of orphans in Iraq, I heard this morning from our VP that it was a Mistake to invade Iraq, nothing criminal about it.

It will happen again unless we begin to tell the truth.
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hay rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 10:40 PM
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13. Criminally negligent involuntary manslaughter or
collateral damage? If something happens in America, it's time for a jury trial and justice. If Americans do the same thing overseas it's just "shit happens."
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 11:15 PM
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15. Yes, very sad that we overlook the suffering we inflict on others...
and will not hold people accountable.
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rgbecker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 09:58 PM
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10. Your (and my) tax dollars at work!
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 09:59 PM
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11. k/r
Yeah, I just love how we're so glib about the fact that we run a 24/7 war machine, and yet call ourselves a "peace-loving" people. :eyes:
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thotzRthingz Donating Member (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 10:08 PM
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12. re: "as I drive through my town tonight" ...
and as I drive through my town tonight, I see US citizens shmoozing around restaurant tables with roses and candy telling each other all about what Love is.

sometimes I want to Vomit.

unrec all you want. I dont care.


Well said (and this from a guy who is married, to the same wonderful woman, for 40 years)!

K&R
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 10:42 PM
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14. We're making America stronger, Citizen.
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