Re: (TV) Well...

["esgregory" <esgregory@qwest.net>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "J.Germaine" <jpg55@home.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Well...


> Right On!!
>
> > From: DonaldMallen@webtv.net (Donald Mallen)
> > Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
> > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:05:52 -0400 (EDT)
> > To: tv@obbard.com
> > Subject: (TV) Well...
> >
> > In reply to all of the commentary regarding 9/11, and the response, as
> > posted in TV# 494, I add the following (not ot, but here I can express
> > myself freely without getting shot by some "patriot").
> > I found the attack to be truly abhorant, and yes, it demands "justice",
> > but I find the frenzy of the public utterly frightening.  Am I the only
> > one to see the spector of "1984" here, with the instantly designated
> > enemy, the media-orchestrated moments of hatred mixed with sorrow mixed
> > with lets-all-be-united-and-wallow-in-our-trauma, jr. prez making the
> > most of an opportunity not to look like the befuddled asshole he truly
> > is and, "make no mistake about it", failing miserably (would you really
> > trust this guy to wage a barbeque let alone a war?).
> > Don't get me wrong, I pray for the dead, I grieve for the family &
> > friends, and I'm all for efforts that make all (I include everyone here
> > - our English and Swedish friends, European, Asian, and Arab friends as
> > well, since the threat affects us all) of us better human beings instead
> > of cretins -- I just have to be skeptical when I get the feeling we're
> > being manipulated.  I get dumbfounded & pissed when I hear "normal"
> > folks talk about thrashing some guy because "he's from 'over there'";
> > or when a neighbor states that I'm not patriotic because I'm not flying
> > the flag (while we're standing behind my car with the "combat-wounded
> > veteran" license plate); or when our attorney-general (the last
> > Confederate general) tells us that in order to protect me he has to
> > suspend my civil liberties.
> > I fought with the Marines in Vietnam: it infuriates me to hear the
> > clamor for war when it comes from those who not only have no fucking
> > clue what war is, but know damn well they ain't going to have to fight
> > in it!
> > If it was up to me (there's an amusing thought!), it'd go down like
> > this: develop positive intel (money buys you ANYTHING), then take-out
> > the guilty, including those who are working on becoming guilty.  I can't
> > see killing some ordinary joe Afghani bustin' his ass trying to feed his
> > family just because Ofuckme bin laden bought-off the Taliban and is
> > using his inheritance to make the world more horrible than it is.  And
> > I'd also take-out the Taliban while I was at it, for all the horrors
> > inflicted on their own people.
> > I'll shut-up in a moment.  Just need to say that shit happens, even bad
> > shit, but life grinds on.  For the sake of all who've died, as well as
> > for those of us still here, pick yourself back up and get on with the
> > business of living.  We'll be joining the departed again eventually.
> >
> > Don Mallen
> >
> > (while it's still up to me, I'd also declare Television to be a national
> > treasure, Tom Verlaine to be poet-laureate, the Star Spangled Banner as
> > performed by Jimi Hendrix to preceed all sports events, and marijuana to
> > be not only legal but mandatory)
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