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Subject: Re: Happy fourthe to you too!

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Mark7

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Date Posted: 00:38:32 07/04/02 Thu
In reply to: JeffF 's message, "Happy fourthe" on 09:18:51 07/03/02 Wed

Yes, most places in the world are far worse then the US. The US is a great nation, a great place to.

However, on this day, instead of blind obedience to the government, we need remember that the founding fathers were rebels themselves. They were rebels against a rule they felt was immoral and unjust. And England law and rule was at the time one of the most democratic in the world. But they still rebelled and created something better.

Patriotism is not the blind acceptance of bad laws and bad leaders, but active work to change what you can change for the better.

I, for one, do not accept the idea of wars without end against an enemy who is not defined, or better yet, a Saudi enemy we invite to barbaque at our ranch in Texas.

Nor do I believe it is patriotic to involve future generation of Americans to the immorality of Israel's ethnic cleansing wars. I believe American children should become doctors before they become gunmen, not the other way around.

And I always vote. I earned that right.

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Author: KatherineJ [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:13:29 07/04/02 Thu You need a REAL sense of humor. Your stamina re: this Johnny-one-note issue is fascinating. It's been almost three years since I started posting on the Hearth, and you've been saying the same two or three things in myriad different ways at least since then! But, happy Fourth. Drink a fifth -- you'll feel better. Katherine

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Author: Mark7 [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:19:11 07/06/02 Sat It would be far more interesting to you if I talked about Sharon having sex with 700 women and children at Sabra and Chatilla instead of Sharon killing 700 women and children. If I posted something about Bush having oral sex, I would see your interest spark. But this is borring real politics of murder and killing... nothing interesting.