i know and it drives me crazy that whenever you talk to people about this they just spout the news propaganda back at you and tell you to carm down that the goverment is looking after us and only fighting a war because the other side are naughty evil baddies who need to be taught a lesson.
Yet the truth is right in front of them if only they would try and see it.
People should stop watching hollywood ****. that has brainwashed more people than anything that goebbels could of done. It has made us so sure that things are always black and white like in the movies and that good allways truimphs. It breaks down a complex political system like comunism for example into simple false archetypes that allow us to understand without knowing a single thing
2007-01-02 11:41:44
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answered by ? 3
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Blair and Bush have their own definitions of all words and can spin them to make the story fit, Whether it is Bio ID cards of war. World politicians are liars and cheats and they use language to the best advantage, knowing full well that the public is now confused as to the use of a word. Just think if any one from the 18th or 19th century came back now they would use the word GAY for its original meaning, and I can't find many who remember that, and would be confused by the new use age the same goes for wicked.
2007-01-02 18:32:35
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answered by Anonymous
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The words 'Dictator' and 'Communism' are no longer the 'boogey-men' that scare people into accepting curbs to their freedomsuch as DNA databases, SMS storage...
These words were enough to allow some governments to spend millions supporting governments who were supposed to be bulwarks against these spectres such as Suharto, Pinochet, the Shah of Iran despite their human rights records for example. ALso 'freedom fighters' were financed by the Western governments, for example the Contras (where the Western Agencies were also involved in drugs to finance the operation), or the Mujahideen (guess where Al Qaeda gained advanced training and weapons). Of course the question of whether these 'freedom fighters' were doing anything better than the regimes they opposed was irrelevant.
Nowadays, the words have changed into 'Terrorist'. Bear in mind, Iraq was not invaded because Mr Hussein was a dictator, but because he was supposed to have links with Al Qaeda (the links were afterwards denied, but the image implanted in the minds of people). There are many more dictators around the world, even those in countries where human rights records are apalling, but who are supported by the west. Check out the regimes in the old Soviet block who allow Western forces to use their bases.
Similarly, the reason used for the DNA databases, SMS storage... is to fight terrorism. But who is a terrorist? Is it the Muslim man who mumbles prayers on the plane(1)? Is it the Jewish man with a long beard mumbling prayers on his flights(2)? Is it the Tamil-speaking man talking about cricket on his cell phone while waiting for his flight(3)?
It's simple we are scared, by, as you say, a 'Storybook definition' of a terrorist, by pronouncements made and later denied but who were said with enough force to make an impact on our minds - Saddam Hussein has links with Al Qaeda and is responsible for the 911 bombs, Iraq has WMD, Nicaragua is two hours drive away from Texas...
Because we are scared, we allow the governments to strip us of more freedoms, we think we are exchanging these freedoms for more safety.
The key is 'We allow'.
The governments have their own agenda, but we ultimately, in so-called democratic countries especially, have the say as the people. We decide whether we, like lobotomised sheep, believe in the 'storybook definitions'. We decide whether we allow our freedoms to be strangled slowly but surely.
The only way out is to bring these topics in the open and discuss them, make people conscious, make people think. Some lobotomies are just hypnotic blocks; information can break the spell and we cannot rely on mainstream media for that.
For people who want to learnmre, I would recommend works by Chomsky; they are easy to read, and full on finformation. They are great starting points to understand. Checkout CHomsky and Achcar: Perilous Power (4) where there is a discussion on the definitions of terrorism.
2007-01-02 12:08:20
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answered by ekonomix 5
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Without a doubt…. It is an absolute insult to all those other (Eastern?) ideologies who are so sincere and up front with their mission statements and political agendas when the West (including the U.N.) so totally twists and spins their intentions and veiled strategies for world domination…. We Westerners should ALL be beheaded or blown up on live streaming video…
2007-01-02 10:19:00
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answered by Gunny T 6
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2016-11-25 23:17:01
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answered by Anonymous
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Go read Orwell's "1984". The governments of the US and Britain are closely paralleling the Oceanian government from that novel.
2007-01-02 09:23:13
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answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6
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Put it this way, we have allowed this to happen, make no mistake, just as we continue to supposedly, back our caretakers, it this ridicules war on terror.
While we sit at home and watch Big Brother, the Blair bush Project will continue to carry on its corrupt inhumane, treatment of each and everyone.
These are the words of the immigrants son, J W Dread
Happy new year
2007-01-02 09:43:32
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answered by JW Dread 2
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Big Brother is Love! Just not this Big Brother.
2007-01-02 09:43:17
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answered by Kwan Kong 5
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Don't forget the UFOs and little green men.
Dude, nothing personal but I can't even figure out what your real question is. Sorry.
2007-01-02 09:43:17
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answered by Dog Lover 7
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What makes you think any of that is true?
2007-01-02 09:19:16
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answered by Vincent 2
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