... I can't believe it!
The London bombings. They happened. *gathp*
There's probably a similar such bombing every day around the world. Think about this; we are supposed to be globalized and care about world issues, right? Then why is it that we are all having a hissy fit here about a few people who decided to become martyrs for a cause they believed in? Because it's the white folks it happened to! It's the Brits! They're one of us, the people who we claim are the good guys! I've seen Canadian flags at half mast everywhere! Is there some unkown rememberance day going on, or other event I don't know about? This can't be all for 50 unkown innocents who died in a country a quarter-way around the world from us. It can't be. That would be ridiculous. If that was the case, our flags would never be up! Then what is it? Is it becuase of the 300 who just died in a Pakistan subway crash that happened by accident yesterday? Are we mourning the deaths of those people? No. Because many people don't care about them. They do not deserve our flags to be at half mast. When did this happen? 7/7. It's now a week later, and the flags are still down. How much longer? We don't even know the individuals that died. We don't know the people in Pakistan, either, but we don't mourn their deaths. Actually, excepting for the fact that the reasons for all these attacks are screwed up, I hear their message. But I do not agree with terrorism. I also do not agree with Americans, Canadians, British, or anyone else being in Afganistan or Pakistan to make sure those countries' ascents to democracy or goodness occurs the way we think it should.
Perhaps my opinion will mature as I do research into the topic. Perhaps not. What I do know, however, is that if someone or a country is being ordered around by another, they have every right to retaliate. It's like a kid growing up. They may be a brat and retaliate for the wrong reasons at first, but you still can't stop them. It's part of growing up, maturing, acquiring an identity and self-awareness. Then, as they grow, they will form their own identity whether the parents like the identity they are choosing or not, and they can hope their kid grows up to be a good productive person. I think places like Pakistan (pardon my ignorance for not being able to supply a detailed list of countries) will become quite powerful, and they will grow and mature as a country into one that is able to have peaceful relations with America, Britain, and Canada, and not because "peace" will have been beaten into them, but because we will have come to a mutual respect.
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Sometimes I think George Bush is right, and we should just bomb the hell out of all of them. Then other times, I think I may be going too far -- so then I think that we should perhaps just load bombers with all our junk cars, fly over their countries and drop junk cars on their heads. I think of it as a thank you for all the oil they've been sending our way.
(Don't take the above seriously.)
Okay. I won't take the above seriously. Sometimes I think they would be fully justified in doing that to U.S. instead. They've had to put up with us giving them weapons, or sticking our up their arses for way too long. I just wish they would bomb Bush and everyone like him. I just wish the U.S. would stop sticking it's nose into other countries. All it does is take from them, and continue to keep them repressed so it can keep on taking from them.
All we do is "take" from other countries?
That's a bit of an absolute statement. In fact, we both give and take. Don't forget who comes to the rescue when we're needed, with dollars and manpower. It's almost always us first. Personally, I don't think we take more than we give... but it all depends on perspective. Thanks for listening.
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