9-11 wasn't that bad

tripod

Legendary Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2006
Posts
6,666
Media
14
Likes
1,834
Points
333
Location
USA
Sexuality
100% Straight, 0% Gay
Gender
Male
We did look at the evidence and come to different conclusions, which is life I guess, eh?
Cheers.

Not so much on my part. I thoughtfully looked at your point of view and found that I needed to hear it and took it to heart, I am not so sure that he was assassinated anymore. I came off of my position long enough to really take your points to heart, that's 'cause I am a fucking sweetheart eh? Cheers to you too! :smile:
 

Phil Ayesho

Superior Member
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Posts
6,189
Media
0
Likes
2,789
Points
333
Location
San Diego
Sexuality
69% Straight, 31% Gay
Gender
Male
That isn't the point, snobbes. I don't mean to make this personal or anything, but comparing one tragedy to another simply to say that one is not tragic, is just simply stupid.

The completely bungled response of our government does not make it any less a tragedy.

That our government's response played right into the hands of the terrorists does not make it any less a tragedy.

That there is suffering elsewhere does not make it any less a tragedy.


This "which is worse?" logic is not logic at all. It makes as much sense as

Tom: "My next door neighbor is dying of pancreatic cancer."
Dick: "So what? My next door neighbor is dying of pancreatic cancer, AND he has an ingrown toenail, so your neighbor is not suffering."
You miss the entire point.

Its not lessening one tragedy by comparison... it is highlighting that one tragedy is IGNORED... the other tragedy has been the entire focus of National Policy and Funding in the half a trillion dollar range.


The point is that the US government's response to 911 is WAY out of proportion to its real effect and impact.
The primary and ongoing impact of 911 IS the government's over-reaction.

We are allowing an isolated and horrific event to become economically, and militarily exhausting.

And the folks doing it to us are our own leaders.. playing on our fears, and that imagery, to get us to sign away our rights and give them ever greater power.



Kicking doors in Falluja is NOT how you defeat terrorism. cruise missile a couple of real estate developments that are being built by sheiks who FUND Al Queda....
So to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and tell them that is not OUR problem... its THEIR problem......

Spend half a trillion replacing oil as the basis of our energy and industry..so that the middle east can go back to being the irrelevant wasteland it was before...

But most important of all- do it all on the down low... don't give them an inch of press coverage.

Make blowing yourself up no different than dropping into a hole....
 

alex8.5

Admired Member
Joined
Mar 1, 2007
Posts
1,672
Media
0
Likes
812
Points
333
Location
Bel Air, California. USA
Sexuality
100% Gay, 0% Straight
Gender
Male
One of my friends was killed in Iraq 3 years ago. If it wasn't for 9-11 this man would still be alive to see his children grown up and get married.

But Bush did not have to send anyone to Iraq, to blow the shit out of it's innocent citizens. Bin Laden or Bush no difference to me between them, they are both scum...

Not all Iraquis are terrorists....