Non Partisan Political Post

[songsmith]

But the Word of Beans clearly states (Chapter 69: Verse 69) "... For I am the one true Bean, there are no other Beans before me. For I am a vengeful Bean, jealous and unerring... prostrate yourselves before me, the Alpha and Omega, the Lima and the Fava, the Soup and the Salad."
Oops, I sound like a Beanist whacko. ------->JMS

[FretBored]

Wow, there's some interesting thoughts going on in this thread. Other than my "No and no," response, I pretty much stayed out of here, because frankly, there's only a small amount of people on Rockpage whose political views I can respect. And that's not respect because I agree/disagree with them; I respect them because they are rational fucking beings. It's seems like everytime a political thread comes up, you're either a leftist extremist who's paranoid about the conservative conspiracy, or you're a neo-con nutjob who heralds Limbaugh as the second coming of Jesus and you're xenophobic about anything remotely progressive. But I digress. :D

There actually are some good thoughts going on in this thread. But I think one thing that is happening is that many people are thinking that the ends justifies the means. I'm not a Bush fan, and I've been critical of the war since day one; but even still, I can recognize the positive impact that a democracy could have in the Middle East (though I'm cynical when it comes to its longevity). The problem is that people are forgetting what the war was originally about: Finding WMDs. It was only after those weapons were not found that this all of a sudden became a liberation campaign. I still remember what the war was originally about, and I'm not letting the Bush apologists sway me otherwise.

I agree 100% Bass25.

Actually if you look around your personal world is quite small and all the religious/Political/Propaganda influences us directly. I think the less we think and talk about all the bullshit the less it will bother us.

I'm not saying ignore the world but put it in perspective! My world is tiny, I only have family and a few friends I deal with daily... and the less news I watch the better I feel.

[bassist_25]

Actually if you look around your personal world is quite small and all the religious/Political/Propaganda influences us directly. I think the less we think and talk about all the bullshit the less it will bother us.

I'm not saying ignore the world but put it in perspective! My world is tiny, I only have family and a few friends I deal with daily... and the less news I watch the better I feel.

I agree whole-heartily. A year or so ago, I would have been all over these political threads. But I haven't done that this time around. First, I'm lucky I have the time to log in and throw up my token posts about music, and second, it's what is known as necrohippophelia (look it up ) You can already tell what people are going to say before they post it.