Protestantism

» pink101 - Ayn Randian

In response to Sad To Say posted by BrianTubbs:
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Looks like I've made some contact with your central being. Heh heh heh.
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You wrote, Do you believe [9-11] was a justifiable act on [the attackers'] part?
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I do not believe that war is justifiable and, so, I do not believe their act of war was justified. Although, I can see their thinking which I believe was twisted--it took them down a long dark alley that ended in tragedy.
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What they did was far different than what the people did who murdered JFK, MLK, and RFK.
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Our retaliation was carried out by our leaders--we had no choice in the matter.
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I'm not in the least bit tolerant of McVeigh. He made a choice that took him down a long dark alley that ended in tragedy. I think what he did was horrendous.
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And, you write, . And yet you want to "skin alive" those responsible for killing THREE men.
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You have completely missed my point. That they "murdered THREE men" was totally incidental to their treasonous action which was to truncate a movement in America--they stole our sovereignty. That crime ranks with the most vile of all possibilities.
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And, you wrote, Am I getting this right?
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No, you aren't. You have spun my words out of their context to mean things beyond my thoughts.
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The attack on the WTC was one of the horrors of this century. There are injustices and horrors going on all around us even as we make these posts.
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Patriotism is not defined by one's nationalist actions and beliefs. It is as much the ability to point to the errors of one's country's own ways as it is to show one's love for one's country. America is not the pure and perfectly innocent society you seem to portray. A lot of mistakes and a lot of harm in the world are made and done in the name of the United States of America. Yet, it is our country and we must protect it against assaults. Better, we should have more open dialog.
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The great efforts of George W. Bush administration have been toward a nationalist ideology based on some Ayn Randian approach toward life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand
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He is leading America down a long dark alley that will end with tragedy. We need a major change in our national direction.
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-- posted by pink101