I do wish there were more effective forums for discussion than internet bulletin boards.
Fair enough. I think that a similar thing could be said about peace marches too, though. Those marches, like internet bulletin boards, serve very specific purposes that are generally germane to the participants' personal needs for self-expression (i.e. against the war) only; I'm not convinced that they're an effective means of affecting positive change in society.
In this particular circumstance, I keep returning to voter turnout in the last presidential election. I can't imagine that Al Gore would be doing what George Bush is currently doing, and if this could act as a wake-up call to make enough voters show up at the next election in order not to leave the margin of victory (or not) so slim, then maybe that cretin Bush won't be the president next time around. What do you think?
Now that the war is ongoing, however, I just can't help feeling that no amount of public protest is going to stop it. This war appears to be gaining momentum, and as evidenced by the firing of that NBC correspondent this weekend, people who speak up against it in any form are considered unpatriotic and patently un-American.
A decidedly sorry state of affairs, to be sure, but one which surely will pass and become naught but a bad memory soon enough. I hope so, anyway!
By the way, despite my comments here, I fully support anyone who chooses to march against this war; I agree with them, and I may still find myself at a peace rally at some point in the future. It's just not for me at the moment, though.
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Date: 2003-03-31 03:40 pm (UTC)Fair enough. I think that a similar thing could be said about peace marches too, though. Those marches, like internet bulletin boards, serve very specific purposes that are generally germane to the participants' personal needs for self-expression (i.e. against the war) only; I'm not convinced that they're an effective means of affecting positive change in society.
In this particular circumstance, I keep returning to voter turnout in the last presidential election. I can't imagine that Al Gore would be doing what George Bush is currently doing, and if this could act as a wake-up call to make enough voters show up at the next election in order not to leave the margin of victory (or not) so slim, then maybe that cretin Bush won't be the president next time around. What do you think?
Now that the war is ongoing, however, I just can't help feeling that no amount of public protest is going to stop it. This war appears to be gaining momentum, and as evidenced by the firing of that NBC correspondent this weekend, people who speak up against it in any form are considered unpatriotic and patently un-American.
A decidedly sorry state of affairs, to be sure, but one which surely will pass and become naught but a bad memory soon enough. I hope so, anyway!
By the way, despite my comments here, I fully support anyone who chooses to march against this war; I agree with them, and I may still find myself at a peace rally at some point in the future. It's just not for me at the moment, though.