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Damn, JJ, what a cynical outlook you have of the current and coming
generations. Too bad your view is so clear and accurate. Wish them the best but if they don't do something about it on their own, like owning some responsibility for their world and its future, then I have to agree with your sentiment also. Fuck 'em if they don't care enough to change it.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 26, 2005 at 8:26 AM
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And there it is in a nutshell, DamonLeigh. But we Americans have always
been ones for the grandest of shows without regard to substance. Facade is everything.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 26, 2005 at 8:23 AM
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saul,
This hasn't been to the Senate yet, has it? I presume that such laws still have to go through both. Fortunately, the Senate usually shows slightly better sense than the House. Of course, if they give it some name besides ''law,'' almost any kind of bullshit can br slipped through.
Oh well. Not too many of us will have to live through the next 20-50 years. The people who are young enough to have to don't seem to give a shit anyway. Let them take over when they let everything go to hell in the name of ''A NEEEWWWWW CAARRR.'' Fukkem. 
jj
posted by
Jack_Flash
on July 26, 2005 at 2:19 AM
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As We in London...
...know, security is an illusion anyway - an illusion that can be shattered by a handful of disaffected young men.
Sacrificing real liberty for false security? No thanks!
D
posted by
DamonLeigh
on July 26, 2005 at 1:44 AM
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Oh, but katray, they beleive that giving up a few liberties is worth the
benefit we gain from added security. Of course, this is everyone's cue to ask: what added security? And a good question it is, without a satisfactory answer.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 23, 2005 at 2:32 PM
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Very frightening indeed Saul
and outrageous, considering how truly important measures to protect the country are grossly underfunded. Or ignored because the big corp.'s don't want to pay for them, like chemical yard security. Oh, but they are doing random searches of subway passengers now and my interesting reading purchases can be scrutinized carefully. Or the reasons why I have two Muslim doctors investigated thoroughly. I feel so much safer.
posted by
Katray2
on July 23, 2005 at 2:18 PM
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