Revolution!

Thank you fanofgrendel, I always feel a bit lonely when I read stuff like this…I don’t think a second Reign of Terror is necessary in a nation of free men governed by (and responsible for) fellow citizens. We solve problems in courtrooms and legislatures.

Adelmus, ChaosAD, and others; We (meaning anyone living in a country with universal adult suffrage) don’t have the luxury that the English had in 1649, the American colonies had in 1776, the French had in 1789, etc. This isn’t resistance to the arbitrary rule of the top 3% of society. If 99% of the people in power are unworthy of high office, it is our prerogative to remove them or replace them at the next election cycle.

As for Alexandros, I join you in condemning this tragedy. Murder demands justice; however, the West doesn’t dispense it with carbombs and Molotov cocktails. From John Adams: “Counsel ought to be the very last thing an accused person should want [be without] in a free country.”

Josh; “a LOT of kids are smarter than any adult will ever be.” and “generalisation anyone?”

…Pot calling the kettle black, anyone?

As usual, incoherent vagaries and unfounded claims exhorted at the utmost extreme of hyperbole. Yes, Bush was awful. WE elected him. Twice. Yes, he created problems. “a mess that the world may never recover from…ever!”…? Which mess would that be? If you’re speaking of the worldwide economic crisis, I think you’d be hard pressed to find a hundred people who were 100% responsible, much less one man. If you’re speaking of the various debacles in the Middle East, you need to look farther back for the actual chain of causation. What made him so terrible was that he involved us in the fiasco that’s decades and perhaps centuries old, but he didn’t create it. And I should REALLY like to know what he did that even Hitler never dreamed of. You failed to mention what that was, so, as an educational experience for me personally, please elaborate. If you find yourself unable, as surely you will, then you need to put more thought into call for revolution.

…”Read Noam Chomsky.” Lovely capstone.

Its not about preserving the status quo, its about effecting change -within- a system that is fundamentally functional. We can achieve rights the same way blacks, women, Native Americans, and others did; with the extremely dynamic set of laws that govern this nation (and like systems around the world). Because revolutions -I mean real, honest to god revolutions- generally yield either radical dictators or reactionary fascists. I’m just saying use common sense when you work for progress.

And Josh stopped arguing with me directly several weeks ago ;)

And as much as I hate to give Ad Hominem arguments the time of day, I’m a 20yo liberal gay atheist college student with two jobs, conservative parents, and exorbitant student loan debt living in a small city in a religious corner of Iowa. If I can wait for an idea who’s time has quite nearly come, I think anyone can.