tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post111719509642481158..comments2023-06-02T11:54:55.764-04:00Comments on White Coral Bells: It's The End of The World... Again.Faerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17656231272399787961noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-1117777735968494842005-06-03T01:48:00.000-04:002005-06-03T01:48:00.000-04:00I agree with your comments on democracy, Kines. I ...I agree with your comments on democracy, Kines. I meant the comment I made as sarcasm, though I should have marked it as such :P I know from experience that sarcasm doesn't come across well online.Faerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656231272399787961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-1117718044899738662005-06-02T09:14:00.000-04:002005-06-02T09:14:00.000-04:00There was a funny cartoon in Newsweek where a guy ...There was a funny cartoon in Newsweek where a guy was leaving a movie center having watched Star Wars Episode III and he utters: "Now I understand the Star Wars... what I don't understand is Bush's" or something to that effect.<BR/><BR/>But you're right, there's a significant amount of effort made to distract the public from more pressing issues, and it's just Bush's way to save face. I mean remember those ridiculous "orange alert" notices when a threat of terrorism was "likely"? Whatever happened to them? I just think it was a ploy to get people scared.<BR/><BR/>A lof of Bush's administration works on the mechanism of fear, I think. And sadly it's been working. Looks like he failed to take into consideration open-minded bloggers like you ;) <BR/><BR/>You say "They had an election, that's one step toward democracy" but I disagree. Democracy can never be imposed upon another person, just like one can't say "Like me" to some stranger. It has to bubble from within, and as long as the US continues to try to impose the ubiquitous "democracy and freedom" on the rest of the world, there just <I>isn't</I> going to be <I>any</I> freedom.Riohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127365528333019518noreply@blogger.com