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Thursday, August 22, 2002 |
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dapper d i've always liked the word dapper. it's a word that's self assured, it sounds like it is. trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
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rant and zinn it's very clever of the u.s. to not declare war on a country, officially. but to call it the war on terrorism, it's that with us or against us mentality, that makes it hard to protest. other random thoughts, how is it unpatriotic to question what the government is doing? more and more our freedoms are slipping away all in the name of fighting terrorism. there are still people detained for no reason, others deported, and guantanemo. homeland security, tips, military spending, so much new happening everyday, hard to keep up with it all. and that we are to give up these freedoms until we win this so-called war on terrorism? i guess since we won the war on drugs (hahahahahaha) it's time to gear up for the new war on terrorism (did anyone else see that horrifying propaganda film hollywood put out, played before feature films?) from a recent interview with howard zinn, who is such an amazing resource. he shows how these same techniques have been used over and over again in history: it happened at the end of WWI, when again, there was a terrorist scare. you know a bomb had exploded near the home of attorney general palmer. And immediately they used this as an opportunity to round up thousands of non-citizens who came from various parts of europe. mainly they were rounding up people who were radicals...dissidents. people who had h=been critical of the entrance into WWI. this was a wonderful opportunity to get rid of people who might be troublemakers. and so they rounded these people up. they help them without hearings, without any legal representation. they marched them through the streets of cities. and here in boston they marched 500 people through the streets, chained together, and marched them to the docks and they were put on ships and deported. of course, emma goldman and alexander berkman were two of the most famous of these people who were deported from this country. basically because they were opponents of government policy 2:10:46 AM comment []  |
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