Posted on 03/08/2009 6:36:32 AM PDT by presidio9
To dupe the unsuspecting, or gullible masses, into thinking all is well and this is really the way you want life to be, would be one of many reasons.
I mean, after all, are the majority of the worlds population wishing harm to others? I don't think so.
Another would be to gain control of of the people by promising them that if "we" get elected your problems are over, "we" will solve everything.
The fact is that by hard work (in capitalistic countries) you will get ahead.
In socialistic/communist countries you are a slave to the state.
So that is the question ... should you wish to be fed by the teat of the state for your life, and by doing so be chained to their ideals and desires, or will you live a free man, unencumbered by the state and living off your own drive, and intellect.
Right now is the time to decide what you will be ... A free man ... or a slave.
You wrote:
“The provos lost some clout and public overseas support after this incident.”
I expect terrorists to act that way. But these were supposedly common people distinguished only by their devotion to a soccer club.
You wrote:
“If you follow that logic, there are lots of places the US doesn’t belong in — like California.”
Really? So California was taken from an indigenous population oppressed by Americans for centuries as part of a settlement to divide areas with a relatively scant majority American population from other areas of California more populated by Californians?
That’s strange. I always thought California was conquered and settled by the Spanish who then lost it to a mixed Euro-indigenous population of Mexicans who then lost it to a group of free republic revolutionaries led by William Ide who then gave it over to American troops fighting the Mexicans. And last I looked, California was pretty much open to those in it and didn’t oppress the native population. Also, Mexico throughout this time had a governemnet and sovereignty recogized around the world, while Ireland had been so oppressed that it ceased to be a nation at all and was little more than a colony. It’s people’s language was banned, as was their faith and culture. Did that happen in California?
I was talking about areas that have been taken over hundreds of years ago by force... and not reversing history by giving land back.
Your logic almost suggests we should give the entire US back to the Indians....:^)
The English have been in Ireland even before Columbus set sail.
...and it's not so horrible a comparison...
Fully quoted above.... my later comment #58...
Understood.
Additionally, the English have a long cultural memory and understanding of the Irish that none of us can really understand in a true sense.
It is my understanding that Ireland was not exactly a beacon of an enlightened society or government.
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