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Old 10-31-2004, 02:02 PM
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Originally posted by Sistermadly
They've been excellent. I've really enjoyed looking at my home country through the eyes of my adopted country. I especially enjoyed Mark Kelley's piece from Dayton, OH the other night, and the town-hall from Wilkes-Barre, PA. I was a little sad that some of the people almost turned on that American woman who gave up her citizenship to protest the war, but that was a pretty powerful moment.
Thing is I kinda empathized with those people... if I wanted to affect change or protest my country's actions, I wouldn't give-up my citizenship; you just remove yourself whatever power (no matter how small) and political process you had to influence the nation. I would have been angry with her for giving up on the nation and for being an idiot and surrendering her political power.
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