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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:09 AM
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If being pro military means supporting the war,...
...being pro fire department must mean supporting arson.

If we cannot criticized the government's decision to go to war, then in what sense is this a free country?
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:26 AM
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1. And...
Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 08:27 AM by DaveTheWave
They're using key words now to make it (opposition to the war or to this administration) a criminal act in the near future I believe. Time to put on the tin foil hat but I do see the US conveniently using the "war on terror" excuse to one day to start locking up the equivalent to political prisoners or political dissidents. Like dissidents under Stalin and Castro who speak/spoke out against their governments, they're labeled "traitors" and accused of "giving aid and comfort to our enemies" which is considered treason and is currently punishable by law with prison and can even be punishable by death if I'm not mistaken.

Husband in the near future: "Hey, what happened to our next door neighbors?"

Wife: "Oh, the husband called up Sean Hannity today and said the president was a war criminal and before you know it the police were at his house and arrested him and his wife and put their kids in state custody."
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 03:21 PM
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2. And the corporate media is collaborating in selling out the revolution.
"Aid and comfort" means material aid to an enemy such as providing munitions, cash or troops. In short, it means all material aid short of pulling a trigger. Before the US entrance into WWII, this country was giving aid and comfort to Britian through lend lease. It does not mean giving someone warm feelings. Hannity and the rest are professional liars no better than Goebbels or whoever ran Stalin's propoganda.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 03:24 PM
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3. Oh it's already illegal. They're just waiting to push it.
Read Patriot Act II. We have absolutely no rights.
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