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framlingem) wrote2004-02-24 08:56 pm
framlingem) wrote2004-02-24 08:56 pm
I which we delve (sort of) into politics
Politics - from the Greek Polis, meaning the people, and tic, meaning blood-sucking parasite.
As much as I have never been what you might call fond of Mr. Bush, today's thing with the Constitution and the events leading up to it have made me even less so.
He is implying that people I care about very much are less than human, and that is unforgiveable.
He is implying that there is a group of people more deserving of respect than another group of people, and that is unforgiveable.
He is implying that it is all right to mix personal religious beliefs with state decisions which affect people who do not hold those same beliefs, and that is unforgiveable.
He is saying that something can be considered right for the sole reason that it has been considered right for a long time, and that is unforgiveable.
He is demonstrating to children that it is all right to hate someone for something which is an intrinsic part of them, and that is unforgiveable.
He is demonstrating that the most powerful man in the world does not care about the rights of people on the periphery, and that is unforgiveable.
However, he has caused me to wish I was an American citizen - so that I might vote for someone else.
I believe that he believes he is a good man and a good Christian. So did Hitler. The only reason the latter might frighten me more is because Hitler was a very bright, charismatic man. However, Bush's particular brand of idiocy leads to blindness. Hitler believed he was right because of a burning passion. Bush believes he is right because he cannot conceive of any other way.
If I could speak to him, I would tell him that he will be remembered in History as an influential American President... but listed next to Nixon, not Woodrow Wilson or Roosevelt.
As much as I have never been what you might call fond of Mr. Bush, today's thing with the Constitution and the events leading up to it have made me even less so.
He is implying that people I care about very much are less than human, and that is unforgiveable.
He is implying that there is a group of people more deserving of respect than another group of people, and that is unforgiveable.
He is implying that it is all right to mix personal religious beliefs with state decisions which affect people who do not hold those same beliefs, and that is unforgiveable.
He is saying that something can be considered right for the sole reason that it has been considered right for a long time, and that is unforgiveable.
He is demonstrating to children that it is all right to hate someone for something which is an intrinsic part of them, and that is unforgiveable.
He is demonstrating that the most powerful man in the world does not care about the rights of people on the periphery, and that is unforgiveable.
However, he has caused me to wish I was an American citizen - so that I might vote for someone else.
I believe that he believes he is a good man and a good Christian. So did Hitler. The only reason the latter might frighten me more is because Hitler was a very bright, charismatic man. However, Bush's particular brand of idiocy leads to blindness. Hitler believed he was right because of a burning passion. Bush believes he is right because he cannot conceive of any other way.
If I could speak to him, I would tell him that he will be remembered in History as an influential American President... but listed next to Nixon, not Woodrow Wilson or Roosevelt.
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What makes my mind boggle is that the majority of your government seems to be composed of the exceptions to the above. I think the flaw lies in the two-party system. It always reminds me of that brilliant Simpsons episode in which the Presidential candidates (Clinton and Gore, if I recall correctly) were replaced with brutal alien taskmasters. After the election, everyone is slaving away under Kang, and someone says 'don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.' There is often not a better choice. From what I've heard of Kerry, this seems to be true in this case as well. You have my sympathies.
(We Canadians are not particularly enamored of Paul Martin at the moment, either. But I'm less disgusted with him than I am with Bush.)