Originally Posted by
TSORon
It’s a part of life in this country that we just have to live with. I know, but you can complain and stamp your feet all week long but its not going to change the fact that the majority of this nations citizens have decided to support the government’s actions.
Clearly a majority of this nation's citizens neither understand nor particularly care about their constitutional rights and freedoms, but that doesn't make it right to stow them and cede authority to totalitarians.
Originally Posted by TSORon
It seems to me that despite your brothers sacrifice that you didn’t learn the lesson he was teaching to us all.
Hey, how dare you.
Originally Posted by TSORon
What makes your position more righteous than mine? What makes your position, your opinion, more valid than mine?
I'm not retailing fascism with false promises of unachievable safety. I believe in American freedoms and accept the accompanying slight risks.
You know, normally dialogue with peoples' political opponents relaxes tensions, promotes enlightenment, and leads to mutual respect. But here I'm feeling the opposite effects. Even Vietnam strategists knew they had to win hearts and minds, not pound people into submission.
And TSA wonders why it's now despised by thinking Americans of all poltical persuasions.