In a message dated 10/26/99 12:11:16 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Its our president, our government, that caused, and continues to exascerbate these attrocaties. Exascerbate? nice word...who the hell uses that in daily speech? It isn't enough to say, "I didn't vote for him," or "I was to young to vote for him" because that trivializes the thousands of Iraquis who gave up their lives for a lie. People don't seem to be outraged anymore..its like the government has done so many terrible things that when they do something else its lie.."well thats government". How can someone possibly say that? I just dont understand..to say that "it was just government" when the CIA was funneling crack into ghettos to try to enslave an entire generation of black people, how can the entire country not be outraged by that? How is that something that huge doesn't even make the back pages of the New York Times? How can we stand by while our government drops more munitions in six months >> I'm not gonna repost the whole thing cause it's too damn long..but listen here..when you ask "how can we stand by?" here's your answer...for every person that gets overly involved in the nature of our government's business (ie: you) there are thousands of people who are too ignorant to know they exist (ie: mass public) and there thousands of people (ie: me) that are apathetic cause they are tired of hearing about it from people like you and realize the cold harsh truth that no matter how much you say you are gonna do about it, it won't be enough. I am by no means claiming you should be a pathetic spineless follower in life. There are plenty of smaller issues in life that you have a say in. However, when it comes to big government, it is what it is. People have been saying for years if you want something done about the government get off your ass and do something about, but you know what? Where the hell has it gotten them? And you tell me if government has improved significantly in the last half a decade. Sure there are always gonna be social changes and mini-social revolutions..thats just society. However, what goes on behind government deals that may or may not please you will never change. Live with it and don't get so wound up about three kings. It's a movie..it won't change anything. Besides , there are plenty of more important things to be thinking about that you can actually do something about. chris
