Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 06:42.
Clearly the people who locked down do not want anyone killed, lest of all "our own soldiers". They are pretty firmly anti-war. Closing down weapons manufacturers is a well thought out move. In the history of the united states there has not been a moral war. Your stance about Afghanistan is admirable, thought out, but misinformed. One will find that when war becomes an unprofitable venture, it will end. Hence why this action is a good, not merly symbolic move. What endangers the liefs of "our" army and navy ( marines) is being in a war, not how many cluster bombs that are shipped to them, while war manufactures profit off the blood of the brave soldiers. Doesn't that thought sicken you?
The logic that one should only protest the war if you've been to war is preposterous. We have people who decide to engage our country in war who have not been in one, so why is that considered anymore legitimate? I can use my own logic to assess that I would not want to chop my own foot off, and that chopping one's own foot off is a terrible idea without having done so.
The people who earned the rights to free speech and protest were not soldiers in the pay of the government, but everyday citizens of this country who fought for them with their lives. These rights are constantly infringed upon by the government, and so we must fight for them constantly. If you purport to love this country so much, take the time to actually educate yourself about it's history, you jackass.
who gives who rights for what?
Clearly the people who locked down do not want anyone killed, lest of all "our own soldiers". They are pretty firmly anti-war. Closing down weapons manufacturers is a well thought out move. In the history of the united states there has not been a moral war. Your stance about Afghanistan is admirable, thought out, but misinformed. One will find that when war becomes an unprofitable venture, it will end. Hence why this action is a good, not merly symbolic move. What endangers the liefs of "our" army and navy ( marines) is being in a war, not how many cluster bombs that are shipped to them, while war manufactures profit off the blood of the brave soldiers. Doesn't that thought sicken you?
The logic that one should only protest the war if you've been to war is preposterous. We have people who decide to engage our country in war who have not been in one, so why is that considered anymore legitimate? I can use my own logic to assess that I would not want to chop my own foot off, and that chopping one's own foot off is a terrible idea without having done so.
The people who earned the rights to free speech and protest were not soldiers in the pay of the government, but everyday citizens of this country who fought for them with their lives. These rights are constantly infringed upon by the government, and so we must fight for them constantly. If you purport to love this country so much, take the time to actually educate yourself about it's history, you jackass.