[kj] (OT) election thoughts

[iPat]

Surely participation in the process regardless of who you vote for
would also suggest complicity. You cant use the logic of an extremist
here. They would always step up the anti regardless of who ever was
there as that is the fuel of their identity.

iPat



On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:03:08 -0500, Alexander Smith
<vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Literally unbelievable. I refuse to believe it. I can't fucking stand
> it.
> 
> I seem to recall an article on Bin Laden sometime prior to September
> 11th, and he explained that he would no longer avoid targeting American
> civilians (as opposed to simply military targets). By his rationale,
> America's leaders are voted into office by the American people -- thus
> the American people are complicit in the decisions made by the
> presidential administration. Around the world, it was generally agreed
> that Bush basically *STOLE* the election in 2000, thus the American
> people weren't entirely at fault. This time, this is not the case. In
> the eyes of the rest of the world more than ever, we as American
> citizens just put a stamp of approval on Bush's last four years. There
> will be no further sympathy nor understanding.
> 
> We're fucked. Duck and cover.
> 
> Alex in NYC
> 
> On Wednesday, November 3, 2004, at 03:31 AM, Neil Perry wrote:
> 
> > jesus, just got in from a ten hour election shift at
> > the guardian, and I'm sat here now thinking after all
> > that, all that campaigning, and a disastrous war, it's
> > going to stay the same. Only possibly, probably,
> > worse. Fuckers. I'm going to bed (for four years).
> > N
> >
> >
> >
> >  --- Amy Moseley Rupp <amyr at jump.net> wrote:
> >>> WTF happened? Times are frightening.
> >>
> >> I dunno, but I want outta here.  OUT OF THIS
> >> COUNTRY.
> >>
> >> He will never be my president.  Ever.
> 
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