freedom and equality are not the same thing, they are opposites goddamnit. and it is obvious that the person that uses these two words as if we can have both has no idea what the meaning of either is. to be free is to be unequal. to be free is to be unsafe. to be equal is to be not free. choose which fucking one you want.

are having such a great time at the john kerry love fest that is the DNC and during our festivities, do we just choose to forget that he voted for the patriot act? or do we not care because he is running against bush?

thesimeon

ajay...I am happy for you

thank you ajay, i did forget to mention that the charges have been dropped. that is what made me write about it today actually. i found out originally from a message board maidencateyes, people were discussing it with appropriate rage

thesimeon

sure how fucked up our military is, all you need to do is read about a cowardice charge which the army recently brought up against one of its soldiers. This 5 year veteran is killing them damn iraqis and one day, sees the body of an iraqi, torn in half by US gunfire. this causes him to 'lose it' and seek counseling. well, aparently his comanders thought he was too much of a 'coward' and send him home to face a court martial on cowardice charges.

but wait folks, it gets better. it is entirely possible, say doctors, that this 'cowardice' is caused by mental instability which itself was caused by a reaction to a drug the army administered him.

the problem with todays smart guns and smart bombs and smart humvees and smart everything is that humans don't fully see the effects of what is going on in the battlefield. how can you fully realize what you are doing to a human being when you are looking at them on a computer screen, through night vision from 200 metres away? i bet if half of those soldiers saw what damage they were doing they would all need to be brought up on cowardice charges.

humans are not supposed to be stone cold in the face of murder.

fuck you army

thesimeon