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Uh, this ain't your father's terrorism, Baby!
ter·ror·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tr-rzm)n.
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.Uh, this ain't your father's terrorism, Baby!
ter·ror·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tr-rzm)n.
War is terrorism too...just with a bigger budget.
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And budgets are priority statements which makes that War = priority terrorism. Ok, so, here's the deal. It feels bad to be at war. It doesnt feel right. And, yet, if we are indeed threatened, do we not have the responsibility to ourselves to defend ourselves? And there is no way in hell you can convince me that you and I could ever know the extent of how much we are threatened - I think we have a government that does that. Now, to argue that our government isn't doing this, or doesnt do this, or is doing this wrong is another conversation. But theoretically, our war is not terrorism - and it does not count all citizens of an enemy country as enemy. We do not lump them all into one big pie like we did with Japan. We learned that lesson.
I suspect we are a conumdrum - a mix of civility and competitiveness, a wild mix of the stuff that makes us pull together to save a trapped child in a well to a people who will enslave negros and kill native Americans and take their land. All because we could.
We arent perfect. Or Great. We're fallible, imperfect people prone to hurt each other. And then there are shining moments that surprise us all.
Bam. Bam. Bang Bang Kiss Kiss. America.
You suppose we as a species are a conumdrum.
But even that is self pretentious.
I propose we are but monkeys.
http://www.slick.com/dmd/dancemonkeysdance.htm
Dance monkeys! Dance.
We ARE a conumdrum. A puzzle. And you are our King. The sweetest, give you the shirt off his back dude with a fuck you if you dont like my hair attitude. You are both hero and anti-hero. A Hegalian Dialetic in one man. And I'm lucky to call you my friend. Cheers, dude. I'm off on vacation for a week. Let's get together soon.
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