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If we react, you accuse us of encouraging a state of permanent war? Strange. Perhaps a bit more tolerance of our own society and a bit less of those who are fascists and murderers and who make war on us would make a bit more sense.


And how is a "war on terror" anything but a permanent state of war? When/if we're done in Iraq, we'll have to go somewhere else next. Iran? Syria? You can no better win a "war on terror" than a "war on drugs."

Also, criticism of one's own society does not equate to tolerance of murderers. Again, my intent in the fascist -- I should say pseudo-fascist since we are not yet that far along -- posts was to hold a mirror up to our own society and view it independently of others. The inability to view something in a critical light is called Vanity.

I realize I'm being harsh in my analysis, but quite frankly, I don't have enough time or space to do a thorough analysis of the bad AND the good. I'm trying to be concise -- and argumentative.