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Subject: Re: Vast Secularist Conspiracy

Author:
Kris

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Date Posted: 07:20:29 09/16/03 Tue
In reply to: Carmen 's message, "Vast Secularist Conspiracy" on 12:54:33 09/12/03 Fri

Hey, didn't I hear that on a "FOX NEWS ALERT"? (ominous music plays)

>Yo, yo! Welcome back JOC. I think your issue is part
>of the greater (bad) whole of politics and special
>interest groups -- squeaky wheels (especially the ones
>with money and media know-how) buying their
>special-interest group du jour some Aretha-style
>RESPECT and all that. But what concerns me just as
>much is the knee-jerk sounding responses, including
>yours.
>
>This is not meant to be dogging completely on you, but
>as a general American response to disagreement. It is
>very polarizing, which can be a great "all aboard" for
>various bandwagons. But if you don't like bandwagons,
>then it's pretty hard to swallow. Take the big dixie
>chick cd trashing reaction in America. Ridiculous,
>and it doesn't lend any of these "honest" and
>"patriotic" citizens a whole lot of credibility over
>the long term. (for example, they are *so*
>yesterday's news -- do they not see that?????)
>
>If people are going to be conditioned to think that
>freaking out over any disagreement is a good response,
>then it's a pretty sad day, wouldn't you say?
>Anyway, in summary, I think both sides (pro and con)
>of this religion/separation of church & state/gay
>marriage thing is harmed by the bandwagon jerk
>response we've conditioned ourselves to in America.

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Re: Vast Secularist Conspiracy	Jung!	20:37:44 09/18/03 Thu