Posted by alexandra_k on November 1, 2005, at 4:40:15 [reposted on November 1, 2005, at 6:20:13 | original URL]
In reply to Re: the Ministry of Civility, posted by alexandra_k on November 1, 2005, at 4:21:33
I'm sorry... I don't mean to be harsh.
I know a lot of people sign up with the best of intentions and stuff...
Its just the people dying that gets to me.
People dying in the name of peace.
People being shot in the name of aid...And I don't think its something I'll ever understand.
Because...
The people who call the shots.
The people who decide who are going to be sent out there to risk their lives
The people who decide who is going to be the next target
They aren't the ones risking their lives.Their friends and family aren't the ones risking their lives.
But for some reason or other...
They have you people convinced that you should risk your own lives
You should accept other people
People you care about
Risking their lives too
And maybe even taking other peoples lives
But thats okay
Because someone told them it was for the good of the country
So it must be so...I appreciate lives have been lost
But they are lives from both sides
And not just the lives of the enemy
Whoever that may beThe cycle has to stop somewhere...
Where does it stop?
Why can't people just be nice to one another.
Here, on the boards its just words
And we know how much words can hurt
Imagine what it must be like IRL
But then it doesn't matter what we do to them because someone (who we trust with our lives, clearly) someone pronounces them to be a 'terrorist' involved in some 'militant group' and then what? You can do what you want with them?I don't understand.
poster:alexandra_k
thread:574039
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