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calm down
I am not anti-war. Nor do I consider myslef pro-war. Why? Because it really makes no difference at this point. We are AT war. No point in protesting a political reality when it won't do a damn bit of good. I think the pro-war rhetoric (saying that protesting is anti-AMerican is dumb. Protesting the political machine is what this country is based on, anyone remember that?), is just as nauseating and ridiculous as the anti-war rhetoric (war for oil is simplistic) personally but it would be nice if we could all find balance.
Is it really constructive to criticise others like THIS? Greekchat is an open forum but you guys are quite succesfully creating an INCREDIBLY hostile place for sharing those opinions. I personally would really like to read the opinions of those "hippies" that you are disparaging. I doubt all anti-war protesters are unemployed, flower children, anti-American, or middle class. Just like not all pro-war folk are corn-bred, white, middle Americans.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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