War on Terror

[smegballs]

Apologies for stating the blatantly obvious but I can't imagine I'm the only one who thinks the war on terror is simple a government front for passing obscene legislation.

The root of all evil seems to be the ubiquitious "terrorists" these days, terrorists cause this, terrorists cause that... etc etc

Anyone else feel like this is simply building up to a point where any opponents of the authority are labelled "terrorists" and as such can be "dealt with".....

From what I've read/heard apparently in the US current propaganda is that you support terrorism if you buy drugs..... Obviously if you buy a joint the money goes straight into the "terrorist's" pocket


****** Godwin's Law Bonus Points ******

Swap the word terrorists for jews in nazi party political hate propaganda.....

(Not sure how terrorists are destroying the UK's economy to be fair, but they are! Trust us on this one! )[/quote]

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[GhostRider]

All the more reason for them to legalize it.

I point you to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6t1EM4Onao

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[pa_broon74]

Agree with that.

The War on Terror is nothing more than a soundbite that gave all the things Ulthar said above a patina of acceptability. US/UK governments basically wanted to create then give a brand to the stick they always seem to need to beat us all with.

Gore Vidal said it best: 'The war against terror is like the war against dandruff, I mean it's a metaphor. It doesn't mean anything...'


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[chris-red]

I'm fairly sure governments build up these 'enemies' as ways to keep us worried. After the cold war ended they had to invent someone else for us to be afraid of, Anyone else find it funny as soon as the cold war was over Desert Storm kicked off?

It's not just enemies is it there is always something in the news we should worry about, the recession, swine flu, fuel prices etc etc.

God I sound like hetzer


Has there ever been a day when there wasn't some threat to us?
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[GhostRider]

No, otherwise no papers would get sold and they'd be fuck all to talk about on the evening news.

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I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

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