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Originally posted by bhutocracy
one persons "bomb iraq" is another's "no war"
I think you'd get just as many dumb and uninformed answers for the people wanting war as against, especially when edited down to the dumbest few like in the clip.
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I am sure you will find alot of dumbasses saying "bomb iraq" with stupid reasons like "We can't be ashamed like that in the UN" or whatever, but that does not matter, since we see no pointless Pro-war protests, but mainly because..
The people that decide to go/no-go to war are not protestors that say "Bomb Iraq". They are (I hope most are) smart people with alot of information on their hands. I see alot of you that can't seem to realize that its a possibility. You think everybody is an oil company owner and I can't understand who/what brought you up to think that way.
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Originally posted by bhutocracy
I don't believe the peace marches are "trendy" or "jumping on the bandwagon" anymore than wanting to bomb afghanistan after 9/11 was,
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Yes it is. For many people its fun to be in a protest. They feel good being in a large public. The more bored they are with their lives the more its fun. The more they look for meaning the funner it is. The younger they are (16-20) looking for ideals to embrace the more fun it becomes to go and protest (all are general rules not only for anti-war). It does not make protests irellevant. Only a fact to consider.
The thing is, I've seen a lot of videos of interviews and never have I seen someone talking much sense. I'm sure there are some, but they blend in the huge crowd of uninformed/dumb..
And as one woman shouting in the UK protest ... "1,2,3,4 we don't want your racist war. 5,6,7,8 palestine is here to stay"
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Originally posted by bhutocracy
theres no point in misconstruing or not understanding their motivation, even though I realise that those charges are mainly used to denigrate their beliefs and are generally wilfull misinterpretation of their actions.
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You realize wrong. The dumbness of many of the protestors come before the accusation. So its not a tool to denigrate their beliefs. just an inspection and pointing out the facts. Do a search for sites about anti-war-iraq and look at the real motives of the majority of the anti-war movement.
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Originally posted by bhutocracy
The fact that mums and dads, as well as apolitical persons are coming together with the usual left wing element is a demonstration that should not be sneered at or overlooked for fear of underestimating public opinion and resolve.
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I just see it as alot of people wanting to express feelings rather than thoughts and opinions. The other part are political agenda-driven people that has their interests on the other side of the fence so to speak.
These protests should be allowed to take place since its the only way a democracy can survive. But no democracy can survive by NOT protecting itself against dangers like the Iraqi leadership and N.Korean leadership (and the French leadership ;) ) etc...