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So I was watching some news program this afternoon, one of the TVs in the campus cafeteria is tuned to a news channel and I like getting a bit of an update while I eat. Alas, I don't remember the name of the program well enough to say what it was, but.
They were talking about the possibility of Al-Qaeda in the US, scary stuff, and the host mentioned that he'd been talking to his wife and she said she was losing hope, asked him to give her a bit of hope; and he passed this question on to the guy he was interviewing. The answer went something like:
"Well, I think the American people are the hope; they're more determined, they're more bloody-minded than [the administration?], and they know that a single American is worth more than any foreigner..."
What the FUCK?
They were talking about the possibility of Al-Qaeda in the US, scary stuff, and the host mentioned that he'd been talking to his wife and she said she was losing hope, asked him to give her a bit of hope; and he passed this question on to the guy he was interviewing. The answer went something like:
"Well, I think the American people are the hope; they're more determined, they're more bloody-minded than [the administration?], and they know that a single American is worth more than any foreigner..."
What the FUCK?
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Any other swing on that statement is patently ridiculous. DX
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Patriotism is nice! It's how we stay together as a country. We should not, however, STRANGLE IN IT.
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The terrible thing is that it's kind of nice to see that the devalued ones are at least OUTSIDE the country and not the opposite party on what would technically be considered "our side." We've taken the first step from being utterly ridiculous, and now just need to stop being asshats about it! What the hell, people.
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Things like this make me really scared. I try to remind myself there are good people in equal measure with the asshats, but...
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Please, just make the primary system go away and bring back the smoke-filled rooms of the seventies. Then at least some of the worst effects of the polarization might abate.
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The world just needs to be better.
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Your Roxas icon makes that comment somehow even sadder than it already is.
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Blah, dumb people. At least no one on your FL is likely to agree with the guy. IT IS A START.
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