tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11640187.post111856232051307070..comments2024-01-17T01:05:25.579-09:00Comments on The Panic Blog: One, Two, Three, What Are We Fighting For?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11640187.post-1119082782567845082005-06-18T00:19:00.000-08:002005-06-18T00:19:00.000-08:00Only have one thing to point out.I was in Kezar St...Only have one thing to point out.<BR/>I was in Kezar Stadium, (San Francisco) one balmy day in the late 1960's. Guess who supplied the music for the anti-war rally that day. Country Joe and the Fish. I shouted with everyone else the words to the song as they sing...<BR/>I was so anti-war then. I was young and dumb. It is one thing to say you don't like war, (I hate it too) and quite another to say it is never necessary. The war on terror is necessary. <BR/>I hate terrorist, terrorism, and the priveledged few who it never affects. <BR/>I also love America, and support anyone trying to KILL our Enemies before they kill us.<BR/>Don't ask me I don't giveweb_loaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688114169293072543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11640187.post-1118626682470692932005-06-12T17:38:00.000-08:002005-06-12T17:38:00.000-08:00Don't worry, bro, I don't take it personally when ...Don't worry, bro, I don't take it personally when we disagree. :) Life is about discussion. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Amendment I: I concur, I agree, ditto!<BR/>And to steal a famous quote, "As long as there are final exams in schools, there will be prayers in schools..."<BR/><BR/>Amendment II: Agreed, again. <BR/><BR/>Amendment IV: Agreed, for a third time<BR/><BR/>Amendment V: We don't agree on this point.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Let me elaborate my point.<BR/><BR/>First, the constitution was written in a time before the World Order, a time before nuclear proliferation, a time before CNN instant news, laser guided missiles, human bombings, and bioterrorism. <BR/>I am sure glad that we don't cling to all the laws and rules, constitutional or otherwise, that don't make much sense in modern times. Cohabitation used to be illegal, remember the failing effects of the moral alcohol prohibition? <BR/><BR/>Second: Our constitution applies to US Citizens. Other countries do *not* recognize our constitution. Some respect our constitution and our country so little, because of our freethinking and open mindedness, that they'd encourage mass murdering of our citizens on our own soil in the name of their God. Holding prisoners in Gitmo who are *not* US citizens may deprive them of due process if they were entitled to such process. I don't think they deserve the PROTECTION of our constitution, the very item they hold contempt for and wish to destroy. No one is entitled to cloak themselves in protection when it suits them, and then rip that cloak to shreds once it has served them. Use it and walk away? Play by the rules or deal with the consequences.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who is a US Citizen in Gitmo, due process. I agree.<BR/><BR/>Non US Citizens, we should, at the very least, play by the rules of their countries. I can just see some beheadings happening. That would be gleefully deterring.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And, although you disagree with me, you offer no solution as to what exactly you would do to protect the country. I'm happy to agree that everyone should have due process in Gitmo, if you can still manage to satisfy me that the country will remain safe as we indulge these detainees.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry people are being held that may be innocent. What is the alternative?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Terrorists are not reasonable people. Reason escapes them. <BR/><BR/>My soul cries for those that may be labeled and imprisoned innocently. My soul cries for the 3000+ people that died senselessly in the WTC after two planes made them topple into ashes. <BR/><BR/>We don't live in 1776 anymore. We can not protect our borders by having a strong harbor force or a strong militia alone. We are able to be killed by an enemy that may some day be able to obliterate us completely from the safety of their own home / country. <BR/><BR/>We may have to have a bloody nose, and suffer some ugly scenes before we can collectively heal and move forward. <BR/><BR/>I love this country. We have coffee in self heating cans, we have microwave popcorn, we have hot dog rotisseries, and we deep fry battered twinkies.<BR/><BR/>J-broAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11640187.post-1118565772321483222005-06-12T00:42:00.000-08:002005-06-12T00:42:00.000-08:00Well thought out.I'm glad you wrote this.Well thought out.<BR/>I'm glad you wrote this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com