Inner City Blues
What's Going On
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Registered: Jun 2003
Local time: 06:34 AM
Location: New Jersey, USA
Posts: 2006
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We've certainly come a long way. I believe it was right for Moore to make the statement he did. Especially looking at the state of Iraq, which many people opposed to this war knew would be the result, there is no place for anyone opposed to the war to get any sort of public platform.
Everyone is saying, it was the wrong time, but I think it was especially important. Support for troops and support for a war do not go hand in hand. Making that statement is just distorting the facts. Would you say that someone opposed to the war that wants their son or daughter home is not supporting the troops.
I always see the thread of ignorance once someone makes a statement that someone should go live in some country where they have no rights to speak their mind whenever they are criticizing the government they support. It's called freedom of speech people, calling you idiots would be harsh, but I feel my hand is forced because I don't think these people even understand their freedoms and what it means to be able to express.
It's like the 1968 Olympics when the Olympic medalists raised their hands with the Black Power fist. How could they go on the world stage and not highlight the ugliness of racism in America? It's not as if they would ever be given the opportunity to do it anywhere else especially since there was such a virulence in racism at the time.
So I say again, I applaud Michael Moore and the boos that people talk about, regardless of how many, it was a small number, just like the people clapping, most people were silent, and that doesn't suggest support or disfavor.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.
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03-01-2004 05:03 AM
I had not laughed hard in a long time, but that really made my year.
