Barbarians at the Gate (WARNING: politics and philosophy)

[marduk_lok]

'kay... I've tried to hold all this in, but LJ (unfortunately for you) gives me a space to vent without the constant threat of the secret service wrestling me to the ground.

forward: This is gonna be on terrorism. If that squicks you out, skip out now. It's also going to make a few folks mad at me. If you want to continue thinking that I'm

Comments

[thecloris]

I have to say that I agree. Shortly after 9/11, those that said "We need to look at our policies and see what we can do to prevent the spread of the hatred that spawns this kind of activity..." were shouted down as siding with THEM. But hey, now terrorism is back on the front burner, instead of world poverty... *boggled*

One would think that when a culture is being attacked from both the inside and out, that the decision-makers would take just a moment to ask "What are we doing wrong?"