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Originally posted by Purrybonker
It does appear to many of us outside of the US that your administration sells an apparently gullible populace some pretty absurd premises on the basis of white hats vs. black hats.

...based on what? Does the Canadian government tell it straight every time? Just because some official tries to sell an idea, regardless, doesn't mean everyone's going to buy it. THis is just the type of mindless American bashing that goes on every day. Some American politician gets on television and makes a statement, then the rest of the world takes the traditional "self righteous" attitude and says "Boy those Americans sure are dumb to buy that."

WHO says we bought it? The TELEVISION?

If you'd spend more time talking to people that quoting articles from some news source, perhaps you'd have a different opinion.

This reference was intended to illustrate the irony that the US is the worst offender in the world in one of the most basic measurements of what defines an undemocratic government - the imprisonment of it's population.

OH, so locking up citizens is UNDEMOCRATIC? That's preposterous!!! Need I remind you that every citizen in this country has a right to a jury trial. It's not the government that's locking them up my north american brother... It's the OTHER CITIZENS.

The obvious irony is that the American government uses the same "denial of fundamental freedoms" to justify invading and killing the citizens of a foreign country (Iraq, Afganistan, etc., etc., etc,...) to the American people.

So you believe the Iraqi's were better off without us eh? Do you? Yes or No?

Such acknowledgment would indicate intellectual maturity rather than subscription to "conspiracy theory. .

In other words, agree with OUR conspiracy theory, otherwise you're not intellectually mature? While not every action taken may have had such noble beginnings as presented... Not every action is some US Gov't conspiracy to take over the world either.


As far as that article goes, what a crock. Is it suggesting that a large percentage of these people are wrongfully convicted? They NEVER say that, nor would they dare I suspect. If not, then the real issue is that too many Americans are committing crimes. Too much free time I suspect. A successful (at least it was) economy breeds restlessness. Hence the "politically correct" movement, higher white collar crime, etc.. When you are worrying where your next meal is coming from, you have less time to worry about being "offended" by someone. COmes with the territory. Human nature for conflict.