IS IT TIME WE WOKE UP FROM OUR IGNORANCE? [+] ballot by xxxxxxxx created Mon Mar 14, 05 Democracy doublespeak. So here we are, trapped in a choiceless democracy which seems to breed hypocrisy faster than a WMD vanishing into thin air in Iraq. Democracy is supposed to be a celebration of freedom. It`s our gift to the Iraqi people. We`re all liberators/ Don`t worry because behind every bomb and bullet, we bring choices, and we bring people power. That`s the theory right? But the fact is half of us don`t even bother to vote. So how liberated do we really feel? Modern democracy characterises itself by double standards. terrorists are described as good or bad (or liberators) depending on their usefulness to the game of power politics. Were saddam hussein`s actions any different to the thousands of deaths caused in zimbabwe by the corrupt regime led by robert mugabe? How can we differentiate hussein`s use of chemical weapons upon innocent people from the atomic bombs dropped by america, killing tens of thousands of innocent people in japan? Or the use of the chemical agent orange (is this not a weapon of mass destruction?) which massacred thousands of innocent victims in vietnam? The after effects of this chemical agent are still affecting vietnamese babies even now. Is it not terrorising to bomb and murder over 3000 innocent people in afghanistan, as america did in 2001? Is it not terrorising to fund the bombing and murder of palestinians by israelis as america has done? Is murder initiated by america any different from murder initiated by iraqis? Or afghans? Is murder not murder, morally reprehensible in modern, civilised democratic society? It would seem in the eyes of the american government at least, that terror is only defined as terrorising when perpetrated by those who are not american. While the rest of the world tries to sort out the consequences of americas lone ranger mission, america walks out of just about every important international treaty going. It has abandoned the kyoto protocol, refused to discuss the landmine ban, and turned its back on the ICT. This allows america to maintain its position as the worlds number 1 polluter. It allows it to carry on blowing children to 3000 different peices, and to carry on detaining "suspects" without legal representation and without the possibility of trial. When al qaeda hit the world trade center it did so in the knowledge that they were dealing with an american president who would react foolishly and rashly. He would react by lashing out at a muslim country and kill thousands of innocent people. This in turn would convert more muslims to terrorism in their desire for revenge. Top al qaeda men would watch the carnage and with each new set of deaths repeat their call for a holy war. Al qaeda itself doesn`t even need to spread propaganda about the christian/muslim divide because bush is doing this all by himself, by carving the world up into a kind of video game of goodies versus baddies. Bin laden has always wanted a holy war batween muslims and the west. Ironically bush is his greatest recruiter! Can anyone forget bush`s rhetoric after the world trade center was bombed? "If your not with us, your against us" The problem is bush had no clue where they were. so while it attacks where they might be, it kills more innocent people, which infuriates more muslims so they resolve to engage in exactly the same type of holy war bin laden wanted! In a world defined by this type of hypocracy a kind of upside down logic occurs. We use weapons of total destruction to eliminate the threat of weapons of mass destruction. We bomb the shit out of afghanistan in order to free afghan women from oppression and then fail to bat an eyelid as it becomes an international wasteland of corruption, drugs and poverty. We justify this by calling our soldiers "liberators", whilst foreign soldiers (who most of the time are fighting for their land and livelihood) get labelled as "militants","insurgents" or "terrorists" America conducts a war OF terror and calls it a war ON terror! As if this wasn`t hypocritical enough new york mayor giuliani said after the WTC attack "freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authorityt a great deal of discration about what you do" Even George orwell would have been impressed by that double speak. Britain to involved in this madness. Tony blair condemns the "terrorist" actions of saddam hussein, whilst jack straw shakes hands with president mugabe.They tell us that the iraq war is about bringing peace to the people of iraq. And there we have it. The orwellian nightmare in 2005. Ignorance is strength, freedom is authority, war is peace. Yes were in trouble No this isn`t true Not sure Ballot #69750 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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