[944S Boyeee]

Tom.....

Thank you for the informative and insightful post. I love having any info thrown my way, as it will obviously make me a better informed. The tone of your post was very "light" and I feel you were actually talking to me, rather than lecturing or "fighting with me". This tone made me read your reply with a more open mind.

I'm glad you admitted the US has made the odd mistake in the past.....now I know I'm not dealing with someone who is too extreme in their support of everything American, which is a good thing.

I've pretty much given up trying to argue the points I support. Saddam is just TOO evil to try and argue anything against the US's actions. His evilness overrides any suspect activity by the US. My stance now is.."So what if America is trying to take over the world (or something like that) - I'd rather have them do it than say Saddam, Korea or someone else!!". I will always be watching the actions of the US Government because I really do feel there is more to the picture than meets the eye.....and no I'm not a conspiracy theorist......I just feel like something is going on in the world that perhaps the common man/women will never be privy to, something that is in development. Something that is so special. I just feel that.

So, I say - "go troops - kill that evil Saddam and his regime - take the oil, take the country, liberate the people, disarm them, do whatever the hell it is you are over here to do - I really don't give a rats ass anymore - I have bigger problems in my own house to worry about".

I will point out one thing though.......Breast Implants, smokes, drugs, etc are not our choice. Advertising - social exceptance - and the quest to be bigger and better, cooler and smoother, smarter and sexier is what the world has basically boiled down to. These factors have forced people to do things that are unhealthy, immoral and unnecessary. I don't know a lot of people who actually "choose" to smoke. People rather just keep smoking because they are addicted and justify it by making it look like they "want" to be smoking. Who in the world really "wants" to cough and choke and smell and eventually die from it?

I guess I'm just very disappointed that we live in a society where women "choose" to get implants to boost their self-esteem, when self-esteem is an inward development thing that should not be fixed with surgury. It upsets me that people of today run to the drug store for EVERYTHING when there are other solutions that don't pad the pockets of a few. I guess my questioning of things stems from the poor quality of how the world is right now and how much people are degrating into self-centered, cut-throat, vain, greedy and overall "bad" humans. I guess I'm just missing the "love" and hating the reality of how things have progressed in a world I feel could be so much better. I want solutions to THIS problem and I feel wars, foreign policies, and internationally-based processes don't really move towards this, but rather are taking away from what we should really be focussing on.

944S Boyeee